{"id":1972,"date":"2020-11-05T10:37:29","date_gmt":"2020-11-05T10:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/?p=1972"},"modified":"2023-10-10T10:49:51","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T10:49:51","slug":"how-to-clean-install-windows-10-without-usb-or-dvdcd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/how-to-clean-install-windows-10-without-usb-or-dvdcd\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Clean Install Windows 10 without USB or DVD\/CD?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_69_1 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/how-to-clean-install-windows-10-without-usb-or-dvdcd\/#Option_1_Install_Windows_10_without_CDDVD_or_USB\" title=\"Option #1: Install Windows 10 without CD\/DVD or USB\u00a0\">Option #1: Install Windows 10 without CD\/DVD or USB\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/how-to-clean-install-windows-10-without-usb-or-dvdcd\/#Option_2_Install_Windows_10_without_CDDVD_or_USB_Using_ISO_Image\" title=\"Option #2:\u00a0Install Windows 10 without CD\/DVD or USB Using ISO Image\">Option #2:\u00a0Install Windows 10 without CD\/DVD or USB Using ISO Image<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/how-to-clean-install-windows-10-without-usb-or-dvdcd\/#Option_3_Install_Windows_10_without_CDDVD_or_USB_Using_DrBoot\" title=\"Option #3:\u00a0Install Windows 10 without CD\/DVD or USB Using Dr.Boot\">Option #3:\u00a0Install Windows 10 without CD\/DVD or USB Using Dr.Boot<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">By continuous use of Windows operating system, its performance gets slowed down with time. You may face problems in loading a program, opening a file or a web browser, slow installation of software, or interrupted display of video or audio files, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">All these problems recur due to many unknown and hidden damaged files within the system. To settle the files back to normal is an ample task which may take an unnecessary amount of time.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">In that case, reinstalling the Windows is the only quickest approach to deal with the issue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Conventionally, when it comes to re-installing Windows OS, people first look for a prepared bootable CD\/DVD or USB flash drive and then to use it to install the OS.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">But with Windows 10, you don\u2019t need any such dependence of any bootable device. All you need is the Windows 10 ISO image file stored within your system and try following methods to\u00a0clean install Windows 10 without usb or DVD\/CD.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Option_1_Install_Windows_10_without_CDDVD_or_USB\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong><b>Option #1: Install Windows 10 without CD\/DVD or USB\u00a0<\/b><\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">In this method, basically we are making use of Windows 10 advanced recovery environment feature. It is basically designed for detecting and fixing flaws with Windows OS installation. But it can also be used for re-installing the OS.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong><b>STEPS:<\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 1. Turn on the system, and when the Windows 10 flash screen appears, turn it off. Repeat the process two times. On your third attempt, Windows will load into the recovery environment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1977\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/advacned_option_1.png\" alt=\"Click on &quot;Advanced options&quot;.\" width=\"640\" height=\"236\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 2. Click on &#8220;Advanced options&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 3. Next; click on &#8220;Troubleshoot&#8221;\u00a0option.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 4. Next, choose &#8220;Reset this PC&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1978\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/rest_your_pc_1.jpg\" alt=\"reset your pc\" width=\"640\" height=\"435\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 5. Go for &#8220;Fully clean the drive&#8221;. But remember, upon selecting this option all your data will be lost. So ensure before you choose it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1979\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/fully_clean_the_hard_drive.jpg\" alt=\"Fully clean the drive\" width=\"640\" height=\"366\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 6. Now the rest of the procedure is just similar to installing the Window OS.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Option_2_Install_Windows_10_without_CDDVD_or_USB_Using_ISO_Image\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong><b>Option #2:<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0<strong><b>Install Windows 10 without CD\/DVD or USB Using ISO Image<\/b><\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">In this approach too, we will not use any bootable devices. Just the ISO image file of the Windows 10, that\u2019s it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">STEPS:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 1. If you don\u2019t have the Windows 10 ISO image currently, you can go to the follow the link shown below to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intowindows.com\/download-windows-10-iso-from-microsoft-free-full-version\/\">download <\/a>it:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 2. Most importantly, back up all your data since we are going to lose them all during the process.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 3. When it is finished, right-click the ISO image in its location, choose &#8220;Mount&#8221;\u00a0option from the drop down menu.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1980\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/mount_iso_file.jpg\" alt=\"mount ISO file\" width=\"598\" height=\"328\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 4. Now, go to &#8220;This PC&#8221;. There you will find a newly mounted drive, so right-click on it and choose &#8220;Open in new Window&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1981\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/start_install_windows_iso.jpg\" alt=\"install windows iso\" width=\"614\" height=\"316\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 5. Double click the setup.exe file within the drive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 6. Once the following screen turns up, choose any one of the options. Prefer to choose the first one &#8220;Download and install updates&#8221;\u00a0and then click &#8220;Next&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 7. On the user agreement display screen, click &#8220;Accept&#8221;\u00a0to accept all terms and conditions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1982\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/start_install.jpg\" alt=\"install windows\" width=\"624\" height=\"493\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 8. Now comes the &#8220;Ready to Install&#8221;\u00a0screen when all is ready. Click &#8220;Install&#8221;\u00a0option at the bottom right corner to begin the installation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">From here on, just follow the on screen installation wizard directions to do the procedure.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Option_3_Install_Windows_10_without_CDDVD_or_USB_Using_DrBoot\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong><b>Option #3:<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0<strong><b>Install Windows 10 without CD\/DVD or USB Using Dr.Boot<\/b><\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">This is another option to do the same job but using a tool, called <strong><em><b><i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/bootable-usb-creator.html\">iSeePassword Dr.Boot<\/a>.\u00a0 It&#8217;<\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">s primarily devised to help you create bootable disks for Windows, Linux, \u00a0Mac OS. But apart from it, it can also be utilized to re-install Windows 10 OS. This is one of its additional features.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">The best part of it is that you don\u2019t have to lose any data during the re-installation, and the back up process is pretty simple.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/downloads\/drboot.exe\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1877\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/download_button.png\" alt=\"download button\" width=\"230\" height=\"64\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong><b>Main Specifications:<\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">It is usable in any operating system.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">It can create bootable disk with Windows, Linux, Mac.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">It can re-install OS in one simple click.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">It has the ability to back up and store data.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Small in size with attractive graphic interface.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">24&#215;7 customer care service is available in case of queries.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong><b>How to Use Dr.Boot Tool to clean install Windows 10 without USB\/DVD\/CD<\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 1. Download, and install the software on the computer that you wantclean install.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1949\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/dr_boot_1.png\" alt=\"drboot\" width=\"746\" height=\"510\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 2. Now, back from the home page of the tool, click &#8220;Reinstall Windows&#8221;\u00a0option. Upon selecting this option, the tool will start checking your system configuration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1983\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/scan_your_PC.jpg\" alt=\"scan your PC\" width=\"768\" height=\"526\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 4. Click &#8220;Next&#8221;\u00a0to proceed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">\u00a0Step 5. Here choose the version of Windows 10 you need to reinstall. Click &#8220;Next&#8221;\u00a0to go to the next page.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1984\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/select_windows_10.jpg\" alt=\"select windows 10\" width=\"762\" height=\"520\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 6. Back up the required items, like My Documents, Favorites, Desktop. They all will be backed up with a <strong><em><b><i>Dr.Boot folder<\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0in your computer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1985\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/backup_your_data.jpg\" alt=\"back your data\" width=\"766\" height=\"515\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 7. Click &#8220;Next&#8221;\u00a0and Dr.Boot begins to download the OS you just selected a while a ago. Now it is the time to wait patiently.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1986\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/download_windows_10.jpg\" alt=\"download_windows_10\" width=\"765\" height=\"518\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">The procedure will take 2-3 hours. In the meantime, don\u2019t forget to check the &#8220;Automatic reinstallation&#8221;\u00a0option when it is displayed. The rest of the installation process will be done all by itself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/downloads\/drboot.exe\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1877\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/download_button.png\" alt=\"download button\" width=\"230\" height=\"64\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong><b>Conclusion:<\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">The article here is a great opportunity for those who are stuck in the similar situation to explore something new.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">If you are not willing to invite unnecessary burden, go with the first 2 options. But if you are willing to do it with more guaranteed result, prefer iSeePassword Dr.Boot software.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Also read:\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/how-to-create-centos-bootable-usb-on-windows\/\">How to Create CentOS Bootable USB on Windows?<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; By continuous use of Windows operating system, its performance gets slowed down with time. 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