It's been 4 years since I installed Windows 10 Pro on my laptop. Things have been installed, uninstalled, reinstalled, etc and I figure it's about time I wipe it clean and start fresh. This is no big deal since I generally store everything either a) in the cloud, or b) on a separate "server" that's connected to my home network.
I still have the Windows 10 DVD that I originally installed from. (Yes, my Dell XPS laptop is old enough that it has a DVD-RW driver in it. lol) I'm sure I can use it to reinstall and then let the computer go through Windows Update again and again until it's all up to date. But I wasn't sure if maybe downloading Microsoft's media creation tool would allow me to create an up-to-date DVD (or USB flash drive which the "kids" seem to do today, lol) and install something that won't require quite as many updates.
Thoughts?
I still have the Windows 10 DVD that I originally installed from. (Yes, my Dell XPS laptop is old enough that it has a DVD-RW driver in it. lol) I'm sure I can use it to reinstall and then let the computer go through Windows Update again and again until it's all up to date. But I wasn't sure if maybe downloading Microsoft's media creation tool would allow me to create an up-to-date DVD (or USB flash drive which the "kids" seem to do today, lol) and install something that won't require quite as many updates.
Thoughts?