Hi all.
I had a couple of other posts in this thread:
http://www.techist.com/forums/2155113-post319.html
http://www.techist.com/forums/2155207-post325.html
I did the in-place upgrade from my Win 8.1 to Windows 10 back around the first week of August. It's been about a month, so I would now like to do a clean install from scratch. So, kind of like I mentioned in my other posts in this thread, I just want to make sure of some things.
I got the
Download Tool Now (64-bit version); I put Win 10 install on a USB drive. Here's the stuff I want to make sure of:
I was checking out a video on YouTube on the installation of Win 10 via USB (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKbR6XT7fcA), and it gets to the part of "Enter product key....".
In a reply to one of my previous posts in this thread, someone mentioned that I could click on the "
Skip" button at this part of the install procedure, correct? Something about....since I did the in-place upgrade of Windows 10, that Microsoft will have my hardware's ID on its servers? So this way after Win 10 is installed and I go online, it will auto-activate?
Do I have that correct?
And, when I get to the part of the install where I choose the
type of installation: I'll be installing this on the SSD that I am currently using (it had Win 8.1 on it, which I then put the in-place Win 10 upgrade onto). So with the
type of installation, I want to choose "
Custom: Install Windows only (Advanced)"....right?
And on the next screen of the install, since I already have a previous operating system installed, it will show this (in the YouTube video link I gave, it's at the 4:00 minute mark).
I don't want that "Windows.old" folder to show up after the clean install; I'll have already backed up all my files on another drive. So, according to the video clip, I should Delete the two previous partitions that were created.
This will then leave just a single partition, and the vid clip says just to click on
Next, and that the installation will automatically format and install Windows 10. But on that screen where it says "Where do you want to install Windows?", there's also a
Format button....but I take it that you don't need to click on that, rather, like the vid clip says, just click on
Next and it will get formatted anyway?
So, to recap:
- When I get to the part of the install where it asks for the Product Key, I can click on the Skip button? And that later on when I go online it will auto-activate because Microsoft will recognize my hardware's ID on its servers?
- And to do a complete clean install, and not have it just
write over the previous installation (and not create that Windows.old folder), I should choose "Custom: Install Windows only (Advanced)",
Delete the previous partitions that were created, and then just click Next, and it will get automatically formatted?
Just making sure, guys.
I always seem to get solid, reliable information here.
Thanks,
Pez