holdsh1ft wrote:
Hello guys,

I have a ROG G551JW which I purchased some time back. After I got the laptop, I tried upgrading from the OEM Win 8.1 to 8.1 Pro. However during that time, it seems that the aftermarket RAM that I installed seemed to have problems, causing the Upgrade process to cause what seems to be a somewhat corrupt installation.
As a result of this 'corrupt' installation, for some reason it is not possible for me to re-install Visual C++ Runtime (Some came preinstalled already) which prevents me from running some programs.
Now I would like to do a clean installation of Windows 10 Education that I got from my university.

What is the best way to proceed with this?
Would it be ok to simply boot into the USB (with the W10 EDU ISO), and simply format the OS ( C: ) and Data ( 😧 ) partitions and install W10 EDU over C: (Leaving EFI/Recovery paritions as-is)?
Or are there steps to take into account due to UEFI? (I've read one of the stickied guide but I'm not 100% confident in following it)

Any assistance would be appreciated 🙂

Thanks

Hello there holdsh1ft.
As I see you already familiar with my guide/thread "Guide: How to install windows 8/8.1/10 The proper way (UEFI based installation)".
I'll be happy to assist to solve the " I'm not 100% confident in following it" issue ( with one condition ), as i've been there my self in the past, but since I'd self educated myself also with the help of many forums, I'm today in a position where I can assist others.

Now, since it is your 1st post in this forum, please note that it is for the benefit of other users ( even future not-yet-registered users ) that any discussion that has already an existing opened thread ( especially if its sticky ) that the discussion will take place in the latter.
that way, the ROG community can have a "library" of knowledge about certain topic.

thus, next time please use the built-in search or google your topic with the postfix of "site:rog.asus.com" before open an already discussion topic.

As I stated above, I'll be happy to assist you, only if this discussion continue in the thread I linked above, or any other major thread about windows installation that was already long discussed.