Windows 10 installer on DVD wanted

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#242770 13-Nov-2018 18:36

Wanted - Windows 10 install media on DVD please.

Hi does anyone have an old Windows 10 install from boot DVD I could have please? For a Windows 8 laptop that I was trying to mend for the 100% disk issue - the install from iso failed just at the reboot stage and now have black screen of death. The laptop can't boot from usb in the BIOS and no longer have a DVD drive except on the broken laptop :) can pay postage.

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#2124940 13-Nov-2018 18:43

If you have a local PC store, it might be worth poking your head in and asking - they might have a disc they can loan/give you.

Also, what part of the world are you in? Someone might be able to let you boomerang one who's nearby.

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#2124942 13-Nov-2018 18:47

In Auckland, North Shore thanks

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#2125327 14-Nov-2018 09:15

Can someone with a DVD drive burn me a Windows 10 installation media DVD and send it please, or I can pickup in Auckland..

https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10#d2784474-fdb0-4e9d-9e47-5e88c0e053ec

Just from this link - create installation media for a different PC. I'll try get it to recognise the existing Win 8 license key, otherwise I already have an unused Windows 10 license if needed.

Thanks!

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#2125341 14-Nov-2018 09:33

What about use Windows 10 media creation tool to make USB media?

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#2125345 14-Nov-2018 09:46

Thanks, I tried that first but the laptop only boots from hdd or DVD, no option for USB in the BIOS.

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#2125384 14-Nov-2018 10:06

Have you created a bootable fat32 USB key, quite often the USB boot key won’t show as an option in the bios until one is inserted.

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#2125401 14-Nov-2018 10:24

UEFI boot is quite picky about the stick and also what it has on it compared to legacy boot, some of my sticks will show up as kingston whatever and be bootable, others it just totally ignores.

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#2125407 14-Nov-2018 10:29

richms:

UEFI boot is quite picky about the stick and also what it has on it compared to legacy boot, some of my sticks will show up as kingston whatever and be bootable, others it just totally ignores.

I have yet had any issue with booting from USB as long as the right filesystem is used - I have tried non-branded USB storage, speed be the difficulty to endure though lol.

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#2125497 14-Nov-2018 11:33

Thanks, trying that now. I see now there isn't even an option to create the boot installation tool to DVD, only USB so hopefully it will work..

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#2125535 14-Nov-2018 12:26

jonb:

Thanks, trying that now. I see now there isn't even an option to create the boot installation tool to DVD, only USB so hopefully it will work..

If you don't have a DVD writer attached, then I don't think the option to write to DVD exist.

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#2125538 14-Nov-2018 12:29

Sorted now - thanks for the second and third eyes. There was a setting in Bios had to change - 'Fast BIOS' mode change to disabled, which allowed legacy USB boot option..