Re:  before I burn the ISO on a USB via Rufus to do anything at all, this being an older PC I need some clarifications Rufus "UEFI" Scheme to create bootable Win.10 USB?   iso is downloaded using Microsoft media creation tool as option #1 you can burn iso to a DL DVD and use dvd to install Win10, or use Microsoft Media Creation tool option #2 to make a bootable USB to install Win10 Pre-Install Bios Setting to UEFI? you may choose either leagcy bios mode or UEFI Will "Secure Boot" option in Bios be seen after Win.10 is installed if it's UEFI based? secure boot is an option in bios, independent of whether you have OS installed or not.  It is always there for you to choose enable or disable. If you choose legacy mode, secure boot is automatically disabled.  If you choose uefi, disable secure boot if you want to use DVD to install Win10.  If you use USB to install Win10, it does not matter whether you enable or disable secure boot. Must a GPT Partition format for SSD be created by 3rd party software first, or will Win.10 do it as part of installation process? If you use UEFI to install Win10, and at beginning of install you delete all old partitions on drive, then create new partition, installation software (official Microsoft) automatically partitions your disk to GPT.  It is not an option that you choose. Are there still issues with Win.10 creating a recovery partition to use start-up/recovery options, as it did with Windows 7? if you install win10 in uefi, there will be four partitions created automatically on your drive, one of them being system restore.  there should not be problem to use start up/recovery option.
Hello All, I have just created a Win.10 Pro 64 bit ISO (it's licensed), & as the subject header states, need a step-by-step guide to install it on my recently purchased Optiplex 9020 MT that I am upgrading, doing the install to a Crucial 2TB SSD Internal Drive. But first, before I burn the ISO on a USB via Rufus to do anything at all, this being an older PC I need some clarifications, since what I've read from various online sources can be somewhat confusing: Rufus "UEFI" Scheme to create bootable Win.10 USB? Pre-Install Bios Setting to UEFI? Will "Secure Boot" option in Bios be seen after Win.10 is installed if it's UEFI based? Must a GPT Partition format for SSD be created by 3rd party software first, or will Win.10 do it as part of installation process? Are there still issues with Win.10 creating a recovery partition to use start-up/recovery options, as it did with Windows 7? I know this is a lot to ask, but I don't want to mess this up, thanks!    
Need Complete Guide To Install Win. 10 On An Optiplex 9020 MT Using 2 TB SSD 
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