No matter how hard they try in Russia to promote various alternative operating systems for computers such as Linux or MacOS, none of them has yet become more popular than Windows. By far the most modern version The OS from Microsoft is Windows 10. It has a convenient user interface, excellent functionality and ample capabilities. In my opinion, this version has every chance of surpassing the legendary “seven” in popularity.

Despite the very, very friendly interface even for an untrained person, users still have questions. One of the most common questions is how to install Windows 10 on a clean computer from scratch. So let's take a closer look at it!

Preparing to install Windows 10

Before you do anything, you need to thoroughly prepare! The first thing you will need is installation disk or bootable flash drive with a Windows 10 image! The easiest way to do it is proprietary utility from Microsoft.

Despite the fact that outdated DVDs are often used to install Windows 10 on a computer, it is much easier and faster to use an installation flash drive. The only condition is that the capacity of the USB drive must be at least 4 Gigabytes.

It is also worth taking care of the drivers for the main components of the PC - motherboard, video adapter, sound card, WiFi adapter, etc. You can separately download software for each device on its manufacturer’s website, or use the tool automatic installation drivers. For example, DriversPack Solution.

After the installation flash drive is ready, plug it into the USB port. Now you need to force your computer or laptop to boot from it. To do this, when turning on, you need to press the “Del” key. On laptops, the “F2” button is most often used for this.

In the BIOS you need to go to the advanced settings “Advanced Settings” and find the “First Boot Device” item. Here you need to select “USB-HDD” from the list - this is a flash drive.

Note: On laptops, as a rule, the BIOS has a separate “Boot” section dedicated to booting the device:

Everything is the same here - we find the first boot device “1st Boot Priority” and set the installation media there from which we will install Windows on the PC.

Installing an operating system on a computer

The preparation is complete, now we proceed directly to the installation. If you did everything correctly, then after the next reboot the language selection will appear:

You will now be required to enter your product key. Without him further actions will be unavailable.

If you don’t have a license key, you can always use free installation keys for dozens, which can be found here -. They allow you to easily install Windows 10 on a computer or laptop, but then you still have to look for a licensed one somewhere or use alternative options.
The next step is the license agreement that no one ever reads:

The next stage is very important. If you are trying to install Windows 10 on a completely new HDD HDD or SSD, then first you need to mark it.

Click the “Create” button and below we get the following menu:

Here you need to specify the size of the system disk to be created. After you click the “Apply” button, the following window will pop up:

We agree by clicking on “Yes” and we see this picture:

The installer created a 500 megabyte system partition reserved by the system and the main installation partition for operating system.

Note: If you have a large hard drive, then it is better to make several partitions rather than one, but huge one.

If hard HDD drive or the SSD is already partitioned, then the partition selected for installing Windows 10 just needs to be formatted by clicking on the appropriate button.

During this process, the computer will restart at least once.

Average, Windows installation 10 on a computer or laptop takes from 20 minutes to an hour depending on the characteristics of the device.

When the “Increase speed” window appears, it is best to select the “Use standard settings” option.

Again we wait for the installer to perform a series of operations.

Click on the line “This computer belongs to me” and on the “Next” button. Then you need to skip the step of entering your Microsoft account information.

Pay attention - are there any lines with exclamation point? These are unidentified components or devices for which Windows 10 does not have a standard driver. If everything is clean, then in principle the system can be used. Although I would still advise that as soon as the installation of Windows 10 is completed, be sure to run the utility DriverPack Solution and automatically update all drivers to the latest versions.

The point is that standard universal drivers are used for the computer to turn on, start and work more or less normally. They are not always suitable for user tasks and therefore such an update is extremely necessary.

Secondly, be sure to go to the “Dozens” settings and open the “Update and Security” section, where you start the process of searching for and installing system updates.

With our step-by-step instructions, you can easily figure out how to install Windows 10 and avoid serious mistakes. We will install the system from a bootable USB flash drive onto a new hard drive.

Preparation

Most reliable way installing Windows 10 - using the Media Creation Tool utility, which can be downloaded for free on the official Microsoft website (here is the download page).

Installing Windows 10

Now let's take a closer look at the installation process itself. It is very similar to, but there are some interesting points.

1. Boot from the installation flash drive and select what bit size the system will be installed. We will choose 64-bit.
2. In the first window of the installer, you are asked to select the time format, language and input method. We put “Russian” everywhere
3. A screen will appear with a large “Install” button. Below there is a “System Restore” item - you will need this section in the future if Windows work 10 errors will be found. For now, click “Install”.
4. The installer may request an activation key (not always). If you previously updated your old system to Windows 10 (as Microsoft representatives recommend), then skip this step - activation will be performed automatically using the old key.
5. Agree to the terms of the license agreement.
6. Select your installation type. There are two available - update and custom installation. The first option is not suitable for us, so we choose a custom installation, during which you can divide the hard drive into partitions and then format them.
7. Be careful! A disk layout window with available partitions will appear. hard drive. You need to select the partition where the files are stored old version Windows. If you are installing the system on a new hard drive that has not yet been partitioned, then allocate at least 50 GB (preferably more) for the system. Please note that Windows has a small partition (from 100 to 570 MB) reserved by the system. Do not delete it or format it: it is needed for the stable operation of the “tens”. Format only the partition on which it was installed previous version Windows and then select it to install the system.
   When installing on a blank disk, the system will ask you to create an additional partition, agree.
   It is advisable to allocate at least 25-30 GB for the system partition.
8. We wait. After selecting the volume, files are copied, after which the computer will reboot. You don't need to do anything: after the reboot, the components will be prepared and configured.
   
9. If you are asked for an activation key again, do the same as in step No. 3 - click “Do it later”, skipping this step.
10. Selecting a Russian region
11. Refuse to add another keyboard layout by clicking “Skip”
12. We will use the system for personal use
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13. Once again, refuse to create a Microsoft account by clicking "No"
    
14. Enter your username. Preferably in Latin letters to avoid possible problems with Russian encoding in the future.
15. You can set a password to log in. We will leave the password blank for now, you can set it later
16. Next, you should select a privacy policy. We have disabled all options here to save resources and traffic.
17. The system is installed.

Congratulations, you have installed Windows 10! Now there are only a couple of little things left to do: activate the system,

As a rule, all notes of this kind are dry and crumpled, in the style of point here and scroll with the mouse - I will try not to repeat these mistakes and will season them with controversial points and nuances (well, I need to somehow stand out among the competitors...)

In this guide, installing Windows 10 can be divided into 2 stages:

1. Creating installation media
2. Installing and setting up Windows 10

I do not recommend that you buy or download distributions from third-party resources if you are not confident in your abilities. Now all this can be downloaded from the official website and without any problems using simple tools create this same installation media with the current version of Windows 10 on board.

Installing Windows 10 - Preparing the media

For this crime we will need a flash drive with a capacity of more than 4 gigabytes (it is advisable to choose quickly) or DVD disc (but a flash drive is better - it’s easier with it). Here again we have a choice, you can download the dozens distribution kit and burn it to a flash drive or disk third party programs like Rufus or using the Media Creation Tool utility to create installation media in a couple of clicks (but in this case, the distribution package will not be saved on the computer and, if you need to create a bootable USB flash drive again, you will have to redownload everything from the Internet again)

Where to download Windows 10

When the question arises where to download Windows 10 for installation on a computer, I always have one answer for you - of course, on the official Microsoft website, read the note in detail. In the picture below there is just a moment with a choice - save or write the image to a flash drive (this is the method with Media Creation Tool)

If you decide to immediately burn the image to a flash drive using the Media Creation Tool, then you can skip the next point - it is for those who saved the image to their computer and do not know what to do with it.

How to create Windows 10 installation media

We have Windows image 10 for installation (distribution), just putting it on a flash drive is not enough - it doesn’t work that way. There are several options for recording the installation kit; you can read about this in the note on how to do it on board. There are many different variations, but personally I use the program - which is what I advise you to do too...

The Rufus utility is quite simple and ideal for our task. Just insert the USB flash drive, select the Windows image you downloaded earlier and click the “Start” button - all you have to do is wait for the recording process to complete.

Well, let's proceed directly to installing Windows 10 on our computer or laptop. First of all, you need to boot from the installation kit (how to do this is written in the documentation or use an Internet search - we are interested in BOOT MENU).

After downloading the Windows 10 installer, we need to select the language, layout and time format with currency units (don't worry, there will be an English layout too)— I’m used to the Russian language, so I select the appropriate items and click “Next”

At this stage we are given the opportunity to try to restore installed system(by the way, this can be used to log in), but in the context of this note this is unnecessary - so click “Install”

Windows activation - for those who were expecting keys... I will disappoint you, this resource contains only legal content. At this stage, you can refuse to enter your license Windows key 10 and do it later - there is a special item for this “I don’t have a product key”

We reached the section “Select the operating system you want to install”... here, as a rule, the choice is small; we already made our choice at the stage of downloading the image from the official website. You can compare editions on the Internet - if you have a license, then simply for which edition the license was issued. Well, if you don’t have a key and you don’t intend to buy it in the future, install a PRO key, you won’t go wrong.

Not everyone reads the license agreement, but in vain. I remember there was a lot of discussion online about hidden surveillance of the user... only this is all written about in detail in the text of the agreement and you yourself checked the “I accept the license terms” checkbox. By the way, I have had situations where the error “License agreement not found” was displayed instead of text - in this case, most likely there is a problem with the media you are using to install Windows 10.

We are interested in a clean installation of the system, so we select “Custom: Windows installation only (for advanced users)”... I don’t recommend updating, there is a high probability of picking up glitches from the old system. And you can copy the data in advance - now this is not a problem.

Now the most interesting thing - hard marking disk. Ideally, demolish everything and do everything from scratch, but to do this you need to merge important data onto another medium - by deleting all partitions, you will forever lose access to your data. If the computer is new, then the hard drive will be detected as “Unallocated disk space”... select it and click the “Create” button, select the size local disk and click “Apply”.

Most likely, the Windows installation program will create a small partition for service needs, the system bootloader will be located there - this is very convenient, you won’t be able to accidentally delete it.

Next, the installation files will be copied and Windows 10 will be installed directly on your computer or laptop. This process is usually the longest and depends entirely on the performance of your computer, which is especially important.

After the reboot, you will see the message “Preparing” - this means that the system has almost completely been installed on your computer and soon we will be able to move on to the initial setup.

Well, that's all, we have successfully installed Windows 10, all that remains is to initial setup and your computer will be ready to use. The first step is to select a region... Microsoft apparently has a bit of a problem with translators and Russia is a region, so select and click “Yes”.

Selecting a layout (there is no need to add English, it is already preinstalled by default). I repeat - I live in Russia and use the Russian layout, so I select as in the picture below and click “Yes”

It will be great if the computer is connected to the Internet - Windows will download the latest updates and try to install them. If the system image used is old, then this stage can take hours.

The next step is to choose a setup method, we need “Configure for personal use”... if you are an organization, then it’s better to call the local admin - she will set everything up for you (and if he doesn’t know, such workers need to be driven out)

In Windows 10, Microsoft expects tight integration with its services and for such cases, I recommend that you use their account to sign in. However, if we take into account the fact that most users do not need this at all, we will create a local account without being connected to the Internet... the “Offline account” item is responsible for this.

The next window praises us for the account Microsoft entry. It's actually very convenient... but special advantages I didn’t find it before offline accounting, I don’t rule it out, I just didn’t appreciate all the beauty of the cloud and got used to doing everything the old fashioned way. We don't need it, so we select "Perhaps later"

Who will use this computer? - Everything is elementary here! Enter the username (for example, I used the name of the blog - Itshnegcom). I highly recommend choosing a login on English language, problems often occur with Cyrillic profiles... many programs (especially games) are not able to work with them.

Here it is - the stone of discord, the “Privacy” tab. If you do not want information collected about you, then turn everything off and click “Accept.” In general, everything is signed in detail, it won’t be difficult to understand.

Well, the final step - only the inscription on the screen “This may take a few minutes” separates us from installed Windows 10…

...and the desktop of the newly installed operating system opened, at this stage we can safely say that we have just installed Windows 10 on a computer or laptop ourselves (Isn’t it difficult?!)

Well, friends, it’s time to sum it up. This guide will help you install Windows 10 on a computer or laptop - as you can see, there is nothing complicated about it, especially compared to the times of Windows 98. Nowadays everything can be done with a flash drive and a little skill. Of course, there are special cases when some nuances come up - here you can ask questions in the comments to this post, we’ll definitely figure it out... and perhaps we’ll add to this post!

Greetings to everyone who has visited this site, today we will look in detail at how to install Windows 10. I think that it is time to switch to a new operating system, since it has become quite stable and comfortable for work. To be honest, I switched to the top ten quite a long time ago, almost from the moment it appeared. Initially, it was just an interest in what exactly has changed in the new version, what the interface looks like and what goodies the developers want to please us with.

In general, after the transition I did not regret it at all and stayed on this Windows versions, which I advise you to do. I believe, that this instruction will be relevant now, since old information on Windows 10 is not always correct, because the system is being updated and improved by developers. The installation process is quite simple and figuring out how to install Windows 10 from a flash drive will not be difficult for any user. This is especially easy to do if. The process of searching for a system has also been simplified; now you don’t have to look for disks with the system or surf the Internet, it will be enough.

How to install Windows 10 from a flash drive on a computer.

Let's proceed directly to the process of installing the system on a computer or laptop. As I said above, you and I will need a bootable flash drive with the system. We insert it into USB port computer and reboot it. In order for the installation of the operating system to begin, . If everything is done correctly, the installation process should start. I suggest following the instructions on how to install Windows 10, step by step, which I will describe in detail and support the information with screenshots so that you can achieve one hundred percent success.

1. The first window that appears at the very beginning of the Windows installation is the choice of language. I think the choice for you and me, residents of Russia, is obvious. Select the Russian language and click the “Next” button;
2. A new window will open, in which there is only one “Install” button in the center, as well as a modest inscription: “System Restore”. Since we are performing a clean installation, we click the “install” button;
   
3. The next step is to enter the license key. If you have a license key, then enter it and click the “Next” button, if not, then click the button below “I don’t have a product key”;
   
4. A window will open with license agreement, if you have time, read it carefully, then check the box “I accept the license terms” and click the “Next” button;
   
5. Another window will open in which the user is prompted to select an installation option. Or we update the old system, saving all the files on the system partition and the glitches that were in old Windows. Or choose more difficult path, which according to the developers is suitable for experienced users. But we are not looking for easy ways, and select the second option: “Custom: Windows installation only (for advanced users)”;
   
6. A new window will open in which you and I need. If you have only one partition, then read the article on how to partition your hard drive. I will not dwell on this issue in detail, since this is the topic of the previous article, everything is described in detail there. You just need to select the partition in which Windows 10 will be installed, format it and click the “Next” button;
   

As you can see, the problem of how to install Windows 10 from a flash drive, which worried us, turned out to be not such a problem. The first stage of installation is quite easy and does not cause any difficulties. Let's move on to the next step.

Setting up Windows 10 before first launch.

After we have figured out how to install Windows 10 on a computer, let’s move on to the process of setting up the system before the first launch. These settings will appear after the computer automatically restarts. Follow the same steps below:

What does the user get with the installation of Windows 10?

Let's summarize.

Today we figured out in detail how to install Windows 10. If you followed everything exactly step by step, then you wouldn’t even notice any difficulties during the installation process. I believe that any user who will rely on this manual. In previous articles I also told you about all the preparatory stages before installing the system. All you have to do is follow them clearly and put them into practice. Overall, I think that Windows 10 turned out to be quite high quality. The developers took into account many user wishes and applied them to the top ten. I recommend switching to this axis without hesitation, as it works quite quickly and stably.

In future issues we will look at how to further customize an already installed operating system. So don't miss it. If you have questions about any problems, ask in the comments. We will look at the most popular ones together in separate articles.