Clean windows 10 install

Thomas_Holding

TheRightOne said:

Also, post the Service Tag/Express Code of the DELL device in question.
https://www.dell.com/support/home/uk/en/ukbsdt1/
If you cannot get to the Recovery Environment, try Diagnostics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDpvQ3qwy1c

Thanks you I am doing this, the diagnostics say that the battery is coming to the end of its life - more and more I think that this should be scrapped.  I will try a bit longer.
The service tag is 40S6Q32 (I am not buy refurbished again)

DoaM

Why not simply get a replacement battery pack? A 5th gen i5 with 8GB RAM is not going to be a slouch. Coupled with an SSD and that machine should see you through several more years.

Thomas_Holding

The good news I did manage to create a USB drive that I can install windows from.
However when I try to I get these errors - any ideas?

arciere

You need to delete all the partitions, one by one, until you only get one line that says 'unallocated space", which is where the new Windows will go.

JJ_Egan

Will that change the boot from GPT to MBR ??

I use free Aomei Partition Assistant Standard to sort all that out .

arciere

JJ_Egan said:

Will that change the boot from GPT to MBR ??

GPT and MBR are partition structures that, by definition, come with the partition. If you delete all the partition, there is no GPT or MBR left.

debitcardmayhem

arciere said:

JJ_Egan said:

Will that change the boot from GPT to MBR ??

GPT and MBR are partition structures that, by definition, come with the partition. If you delete all the partition, there is no GPT or MBR left.

There will still be a gpt, empty

J_B

arciere said:

You need to delete all the partitions, one by one, until you only get one line that says 'unallocated space", which is where the new Windows will go.

I always start at the bottom and work up as the top one is usually the 'undeletable' one.

Thomas_Holding

arciere said:

You need to delete all the partitions, one by one, until you only get one line that says 'unallocated space", which is where the new Windows will go.

Thomas_Holding

Thank you I tried that but I still get the above any idea?