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Matthew Cook
Brass Contributor
Feb 13, 2022

Windows 10 install after Windows 10 Team install

I somehow managed to install Windows 10 Team on my Surface Pro device and when I've come back to reinstall Windows 10 after realising I download the wrong BMR, my Surface Pro is stuck in a loop.

This unfortunately happened because it would only allow me to recover using Windows 10 Team and after I forced a reboot during the reinstall, I now get this:

 

Restarts > Windows 10 Team recovery error > Asks to hit okay and reboots.  The cycle then continues.

Error: The computer restarted unexpectedly or encountered an unexpected error.  Windows installation cannot proceed.  To install Windows, click "OK" to restart the computer, and then restart the installation.

No matter what I do, I cannot boot from USB.  Just wondering if blowing away the partition might allow me to start again and what is the best tool to do that if so?

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  • AAbner's avatar
    AAbner
    Iron Contributor

    On the USB installation screen, press Shift+F10, enter diskpart, then run the commands sel dis 0 and clean to wipe the hard drive.

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