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AFAIK - once Win 10 is installed and 'activated' on a PC, it's licensed to that machine's hardware, so you can re-install it without needing the Win 8 media for licensing purposes. You can create a bootable memory stick with the Win 10 installer on it using the 'media creation' tool on the MS website, if you need to do a 'blank hard disk' install. Otherwise (as you said) there is a 'reset' option with Win 10 itself which basically does a re-install of the OS (but you loose all your installed software and settings). There are also some 'repair' options available.

[QUOTE="Owlsroost, post: 1253360, member: 83973"] AFAIK - once Win 10 is installed and 'activated' on a PC, it's licensed to that machine's hardware, so you can re-install it without needing the Win 8 media for licensing purposes. You can create a bootable memory stick with the Win 10 installer on it using the 'media creation' tool on the MS website, if you need to do a 'blank hard disk' install. Otherwise (as you said) there is a 'reset' option with Win 10 itself which basically does a re-install of the OS (but you loose all your installed software and settings). There are also some 'repair' options available. [/QUOTE]

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