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How do I clean install windows for selling my PC?

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You don't need a disk to clean install windows 10.

https://www.howtogeek.com/224342/how-to-clean-install-windows-10/

I'm getting my PC ready for sale but I'm unsure how to go about clean installing windows on it.

 

I have the windows 8.1 disk that I bought when I built my PC but my PC is now running windows 10 and doesn't have a disk drive... Can someone please help me, what do I need to do?

 

Thanks in advance everyone,
Hodge

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You don't need a disk to clean install windows 10.

https://www.howtogeek.com/224342/how-to-clean-install-windows-10/

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2 minutes ago, CUDA_Cores said:

Is is a PC you built yourself, or a dell/HP/lenovo OEM PC?

Its a PC i built myself. I'm selling it to a friend and buying a new one

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Now that you have upgraded to Win10 you don't need to install from 8.1.

You can just install Win10 from a DVD or USB stick.

If you do install Windows it will wipe that partition.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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