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To be clear, you can do a CLEAN INSTALL of WINDOWS 10 if you have WINDOWS 7 or WINDOWS 8 or WINDOWS 8.1 until the end of JULY 2016.

To do so, you need a WINDOWS 10 USB. This is easily obtained by using the WINDOWS 10 MEDIA CREATION TOOL (MCT) here:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=691209

Now you have a bootable USB disk.

But what if you want to create a multiple boot USB disk where WINDOWS 10 is just one of the options? You would somehow have to create a WINDOWS 10 ISO.

I enjoy the E2B project. Despite being wordy and looking complicated, it's actually fairly simple. Here's the shortcut.

• -download the E2B project here: (http://www.easy2boot.com)
• -unzip the download.
• -click MAKE_E2B_USB_DRIVE (run as admin)
  (CAUTION!!! This will delete everything on the USB drive.)
• -install your ISO/IMG/IMGPTN in the appropriate place.

Now to the part where we need a WINDOWS ISO. To be fair, you can get a WINDOWS 10 ISO in 2 ways.

FIRST WAY TO GET WINDOWS 10 ISO

• Download the ISO from the link using GOOGLE-CHROME'S ANDROID VIEW:
• -open CHROME
• -click SETTINGS (at the upper right) > MORE-TOOLS > DEVELOPER-TOOLS
• -a window open on the right hand side.
• -click the TOGGLE-DEVICE-TOOLBAR icon (at the top of the right hand side).
• (It is the second one from the left.)
• -then visit the following page: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10ISO
• -you will see 4 options
  WINDOWS 10 (all languages)
  WINDOWS 10 K (Korean law)
  WINDOWS 10 N (European law)
  WINDOWS 10 SINGLE LANGUAGE (1 language only)
• -simply download the one you want (probably WINDOWS 10 ALL LANGUAGES)

For me, doing this somehow downloaded the iso as a WINDOWS 10 HOME version. It doesn't matter, it will still install WINDOWS 10 PRO. But I would like the INSTALL.EDB to say WINDOWS 10 PRO. I do not know yet if it matters.

NOTE: If you are doing an IN-PLACE UPGRADE, the ISO must match what's on your system now. Many of the issues people are having is that they are trying to upgrade their system with a WINDOWS 10 PRO SINGLE LANGUAGE when they have WINDOWS 7 ALL LANGUAGES installed on their machine.

SECOND WAY TO GET WINDOWS 10 ISO

So you have a bootable USB to install WINDOWS 10. You want to turn that into an ISO. How do you do it?

You don't turn it into an ISO. You turn it into a IMG (more specifically an imgPTN file). I won't go into details but you can't turn an entire bootable USB into an ISO easily. There's too many variables. But you can turn a bootable USB partition into a bootable partition image, hence imgPTN.

Here's how to turn it into an BOOTABLE IMG.

• -download the software to create a PARTITION IMAGE here:
• http://files.easy2boot.com/200001685-7c24a7e1e7/MPI_Tool_Pack_Plus_CloverLite_065.zip
• -unzip it.
• -open the ImDisk\imdiskinst.exe file and run it to install the driver.
• -right-click CREATEDESKTOPSHORTCUTS.CMD and RUN-AS-ADMINISTRATOR.
• -plug in your BOOTABLE USB drive.
• -the computer will assign a drive letter (for example DRIVE G).
• -drag the USB DRIVE LETTER onto the MAKEPARTIMAGE shortcut.
• -it will create an image of the USB drive.
• -wait.
• -put the IMG in the appropriate folder (probably G:\_ISO\WINDOWS\WIN10\).
• -click MAKE_THIS_DRIVE_CONTIGUOUS

That's it!!!! You've done it.