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Don’t worry about Win 10 not being activated for some reason, or if you do not like Win Remember there is a 10 day limit to do this Johnfromperth. Now that you have successfully upgraded to 10 and system properties says activated, you can now do a clean install of windows 10 using the media creation tool mentioned above.

Just dont forget to backup your important files because this will wipe everything, hopefully taking all of the bugs with it. I’d also make sure you are on the latest bios for your machine. Once your system is shown as activated in the win 10 system, you can reinstall as much as you want unless u change your motherboard or change the majority of hardware that was installed when you upgraded.

If too many items change, you may have to re-activate. At that time you will need a windows 10 serial number or a 7 or 8 serial. I’ve found that changing the motherboard is the key hardware change that will de activate your system. Even if you’re running good and decide to upgrade your motherboard, you’ll probably lose your activation. You could always do a clean install of windows 7 or 8 using the serial number on your computer. When installing clean from the media tool, when it asks for serial number or product key, just skip that part.

Once online, Microsoft will activate your Win 10 automatically without entering a product key. I just upgraded my win7 ultimate to win10 pro without any problems or hiccups thanks to this post. Win10 was also activated already since I had a genuine win7. Trying this afternoon to upgrade from W7. Restarts fine but no updating to W10 going on. Further to my last message, the installation went through fine at the 4th time of trying! Has anyone tried this with hard installation media or distributed over LAN?

Installed W10 over W7 and everything seems to be working but it is not activated according to settings. Ran Belarc and no key was installed so attempted to put in original W7 key but this isn’t being accepted. Am I likely to have problems in about a months time?

Been trying to upgrade for 2 days for new job. Get the “we can’t tell if your pc has enough space to continue installing windows Have removed all peripherals, updated Window 7, removed some software and still get the same message after an hour of it churning as if doing the install.

Try defragmenting the hdd before attempting to install 10 again. If that doesn’t solve the problem then start a topic in Windows 10 Forum here at BC. Lots of members to help you. My Win 7 was messed up on my laptop and I had no recovery options. SDD failed. Installed a new mSata. I downloaded a copy of Win 7 , installed and activated it [legal key] and I used the phone to activate Win 7.

I then proceeded to do the Windows 10 upgrade according to the directions above. It went very well and I now have an activated Windows 10 on my laptop. Thank you for this. Hi all. Do I have an option or do I lose everything. I will give you one quick answer if I understand correctly your question. Remove the second drive from the computer. It failed for me even though I have a legit edition of windows Hi, I hope this helps.

After two failed attempts, I temporarily turned off my antivirus and the upgrade worked from Windows 7 to Good luck! Technique still working confirmed. Packard Bell base unit running win 8. After Step 4 The tool downloads Windows 10 and then requests product key before beginning the install. So no luck for me. I have installed Windows 7 Ultimate x64bit version with genuine key on my Dell Laptop. If I use this method, can I get Windows 10 Pro version?

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June 2, PM CokeRobot also shed some light on the now-expired Windows 10 free upgrade offer. Install the latest hardware drivers for your computer, including chipset, audio, network, USB, and graphic drivers. Using older drivers may block the upgrade from being allowed. Unplug USB devices such as flash drives, external storage, and printers.

These devices have been known to prevent updates from installing correctly in the past. Microsoft sometimes blocks upgrades due to older antivirus software.

Right before performing the upgrade, uninstall your antivirus software so that it does not conflict with the upgrade. Visit the Windows 10 download page and click the ‘ Download tool now ‘ button to download the Windows 10 Media Creation Tool.

Open the Media Creation Tool and click on the ‘ Accept ‘ button to accept the license terms. Media Creation Tool license agreement. Mayank Parmar Mayank Parmar is journalist covering technology news, but with a strong focus on Microsoft and Windows related stories. He is always poking under the hood of Windows looking for the latest secrets to reveal. Previous Article Next Article.

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How about Reset option in Settings, doesn’t it works as reset works in phone and can replaces the need for doing clean installation of Windows Where can I find that? Alternatively, is there any reason not to do the upgrade, keeping everything, but if there’s an issue just use the refresh or reset option? Many ppl did not notice this but doing a clean install gave windows a mb reserve drive, upgrade doesnt change the size of the drive.

There must be a reason they increase the size from win7-win8-win Icyasd in fact there are two now, and i’ve noticed them since the first install of the technical p. The mb is still there and they made another mb which i find kind of funny, i like to have full control over my stuff and this new added mb reserve i don’t like.

But there’s a windows. That cannot be gotten rid of easily. Although it will be deleted by itself within 30 days. I’ve never seen an. One of the main things I hate about windows is the object security settings. More often than not, when you get an error saying that you do not have the priviledges to delete a file, you actually do have full control and cant delete it anyways.

Use Unlocker to delete folder, fastest and easiest way to do it. You don’t have to worry about the windows. Windows 10 will automatically remove the windows. Pls do help me.. So it erases your user files kept under ‘Users’ etc. At least I did that and it worked that way disclaimer – that isn’t documented well so recheck for yourself.

But I didn’t have much to worry about Always backup things, or test on something not important. Other drives should be fine also but I didn’t have that to check, I presume since my C wasn’t touched either except for the above. If you have a ssd is a clean better since windows old folder is like huge! The upgrade worked for me on my XPS I upgraded my SP3, my moms laptop, and an older dell laptop with no problems.

I upgraded my older dell xps pc and my sound card is really low on the volume, I’ve checked all available settings, updates and even went to the dell website for newer drivers and such. I did a clean install of my dell vostro domain PC at work with no problems. Upgrade is way better. No one likes to take the full job of backing up or reinstalling everything. I’d rather just keep my w8. That’s why I just upgraded and kept everything. It runs perfectly.

You should already have backups going With no back up, one would be temporarily hosed. Men dont back up. Men cry! Been backing up ever since. So I’ll be making a clean install. Clean install just to be safe I’ve always done a clean install but this time I tried upgrade as I didn’t have too much junk on my machine and so far all seems sweet so I’ll probably keep it this way. I did both, upgrade is better, but had to clean install for Cortana to work on my domain PC so it depends.

Hmmm interesting. Clean or not i dont mind, my pc gets faster after getting windows I would’ve done an in-place upgrade if I got the GWX notification. Wanted to do a clean install to “start fresh” from the insider program and now my windows won’t activate haha. I’ve read that it’s an issue on MS’s side, but after my SP3 still not being activated after 5 days, I’m skeptical.

Do your updates and you’ll get it. Too late lol. I’ve been upgraded since the first day. Point is, it’s not activated. Also, not true, because it didn’t show up. Even spent two hours total with MS tech support on getting the update through, but they couldn’t figure it out either. You don’t need to wait for that gwx whatever is this, you could download the Media tool from MS and perform a upgrade from there. After that you could make a clean.

Thats what I did lol. Have you upgraded from 8. Worked just fine for me, it is the bugs that are bothering me, sometimes the icon highlighting disappears and it is hard to know whether I have selected or not.

Edge doesn’t render some sites perfectly. All in all it’s been good. And so much for keeping anti virus off, fortunately Norton didn’t cause any major upsets. Yes, i have 5 machines who are upgraded with a legit product key, however i have 1 laptop which came with Windows Vista, so no free upgrade, just install Windows 8. It’ll get activated.. But after the upgrade and activation, if I want to do the clean, will it work with the same key?

Once it gets activated then. And if you have doubt.. I’ve 2 Systems running with it.. Doing a rollback failed depending on the position of the sun, it thought I have Windows 7, 8 or 8. Atleast the system did register onto my MS account, so a clean install activated fine. Another 7 ultimate to 8. I have 1 more pc that is a 7 ultimate upgraded to 8.

I may hold off on the last machine, as I may have to upgrade the Motherboard. My point? Better upgrade Windows 7 to 10 directly then, so you have another copy of Windows 10 with the 8 product key. Wow, very well thought ; I didn’t think of this. Makes a difference ;-. I just had to reset my surface because that upgrade caused so many issues. I don’t even know where to begin with them. I like clean install so for now, I will wait till I can save up to buy Windows I like to buy it anyway.

I did the upgrade and just reset my PC Figured that was the same as a clean install Same here. Can’t see why it wouldn’t be the same other than you end up with that Windows. This gave me a BSOD loop :. I upgraded, and the OS was painfully slow I’d had the preview for months on a partition and never had any issues, but the upgrade didn’t get along with something or other.

So I went with the clean install Windows 10 is humming along almost perfectly Clean, windows 8 carries over bugs :. When I did a clean install of Windows 10 on my Dell , Bluetooth wasn’t working and there was no way to install the right driver. So, I had to reinstall Windows 8.

Same thing happened with my Sony vaio. Clean install, no Bluetooth. Not even detecting it. Then I rolled back to windows 7 and upgraded from there. Now everything works like a charm! I have a somewhat generic notebook, that doesn’t have bluetooth on it, and I use a BT Adaptor, so he plugged my adaptor and connected a phone and, when he disconnected my adaptor BANGHO’s bluetooth started working and he hasn’t had any other problem with it.

Force upgraded my Dell venue 8 pro and I’m thinking that a clean install would have freshened up my little companion as either it’s bored down with legacy stuff or Windows 10 is in need of some immediate work and optimization.

Not sure how a clean install might fix hardware issues This is no when you better clean install. I chose to clean install on here becuase I wanted just to have fun getting on recovery thing and doing command promt stuff but Windows installation moves everything to windows.

No man, just no. I’ve done tens of thousands of both over the years and never liked upgrades. With the 40 plus upgrades under my best so far, not one has been an issue and has already saved hundreds of hours.

Clean installs I can’t say the same. Clean is always better. I choose to upgrade and keep the files. And I’ll wait for some bugs fixes before I made a real clean install. Maybe a clean install just at the end of this year, I don’t know.

Lets see. For the free dvd app that would be another reason to upgrade not much else unless you bought from an OEM that has slic product key. Ah, that shot. Windows 10 is such a beautiful OS. And I prefer Clean Install. I heard a few ‘legacy’ machines could run Win10 relatively smooth, so it gives me confidence in an immediate upgrade process We installed it on some really low-end HP netbooks and runs slightly better then 7 Starter Edition. I have an old XP machine that I would like to try it on.

But, I don’t fancy paying for a license if it ends up not working. Is there any way around that? Is it possible to trial it? Yes, just don’t activate it and it will let you use it for a month or so for free. Or join the Insider program. Clean install! All the way! Microsoft’s never been good with upgrades I noticed that when I first upgraded from 3. Tried every time after that and never had a good enough experience.

The same happened this time. After I initially upgraded as was required , I reinstalled I saw a big performance improvement between the two. Yeah im with yeah between major os updates sp, gdr. I upgraded and it was unbearably slow, so I reset the PC to stock Windows 10 and although I’m still reinstalling things it’s infinitely better. Wow, what a super fast OS. Not upgrading until threshold 2. I had to reinstall office , otherwise it went fine. Glad I didnt clean install. I am currently running Win7 Pro on my system, not sure if I should upgrade or do a clean install of Win10 Pro?

Upgrade then clean install. I upgraded my surface pro But nothing else I will upgrade one of my laptops and the dell venue 8, but my full production Machines will be clean installs like always.

You just can’t beat a clean install. Mind you, these machines do the most work and less personal stuff, but clean installs allow foe one to remove old drivers and bloat. You put on just what you need. I have server with my data on it as I don’t like to keep much data on any machine cause one I am always on a different device, and two, I less hassle That and now cloud storage with one drive is so dag gone good.

Always have a back up, save your important install files locally on a server, NAS, or in the cloud for access when you are doing a clean install. Keep your keys there too, you can encrypt the file you store them in for safety.

With all that said, I am no rush to perform the clean install on those machines One is 7, the other 8. Doing just fine for now And the one drove apps work with online folders still, lol. My surface pro 3 upgrade was easy, but not seamless But things have been going well since then. I was kinda pissed I chose to upgrade I the morning of as I use I docked at the office But all my tools worked as should Just now I have to go to the browser to get some files from OneDrive On the positive note, ir is very cool that I can share files in onedrive by right-clicking the file in explorer That’s cool, that keeps me from having to go to the browser for that But thats a poor trade I would rather it be reversed again, lol.

Upgraded Toshiba z10 tablet easily; wife’s SP3pro automatically but lost dual monitor capability ; my Dell inspiron PC now at 8 attempts and no success I was one of the first that reserved the copy back in May. And still haven’t got the upgrade, still waiting. This is BS. Still I didn’t get d W10 Get App.

You should make a disk clean up if u upgrade Then u can save some memory as the disk cleanup deletes old windows folder The other one is an insider Windows test setup. Don’t worry it’s perfectly Normal.. But one Doubt Pls don’t mind.. I’ve the same kind of issue..

But I’m not a genuine user bcoz I’ve activated my W8. Team Clean Install, all the way. Hi everyone, first time commenting here and I have a couple questions and I hope someone can help me.

First question. Is the Technical Preview a Pro version or are they home and pro versions? I ask this because I have a desktop pc that I currently have windows 8. I also have a Surface Pro 1 with windows 8.

Second Question!! Will I get Windows 10 Pro at that time since it does not have anything about windows 8. Thanks a lot for your help. Hmm yes W10 tech preview is a PRO version..

But as this is for your wife’s PC. W10 Build may be working Pretty Good now.. But no one can assure the same in future builds too.. There ‘ll be some sort of bugs.. So I just suggest you that. And I know you’ve worried abt automatic Windows updates in Home version.. But as I’ve heard you can Block the updates using some support app provided by Microsoft.. Clean is always the preferred method for any OS install.

IMHO anyway. That is what I do, but I do not install a large amount of software like many do so I can understand why some people groan at the thought of doing a clean install.

Clean install or a reset works about the same doesn’t it? Either way, you’re doing a fresh install of your applications and utilities. Which is why Clean is best. Kaspersky Internet Security – this bastard created more problems for me than anything. I spent 4 hours figuring out what caused the update failure. Disable this guy for a seamless upgrade process.

I think a clean install is best, here’s why: while Win10 works well on my phones, my excitement for my PCs was unfounded: the “upgrade” was an absolute train wreck on my first PC.

I had to “do,” as MS is so fond of saying, so I rolled it back after a week to Win7. When I finally reached a chat technician, he was nice but gave me zero help – and the resulting “escalation” was more like “black hole.

But that’s just me. Upgrade first and Clean install as a last result. I’ve upgraded 4 systems so far. No issues that make me want to start clean so far. I’m normally an OCD clean install guy but this time I’m good with an upgrade on all 5 systems. Works fine, seems faster. Posted via the Windows Central App for Android.

At first I downloaded the ISO for win10 pro and made an upgrade to ensure that the product key conversion from 8. After upgrading performed a clean installation. Guys whether the preloaded apps like candy crush saga available only on win10 home? Because I don’t have the app in win10 pro!! Make your automatically update apps is on in the store. Home users cannot stop automatic app updates so they have it by default but Pro users can. Otherwise, you can always install it yourself from the store.

I upgraded and removed the old OS files through disk cleanup A fresh install is always a pain in the arse for me Clean install is the best. Quick question: is waiting for Windows Update the same thing as using the media creation tool and choosing the Upgrade this PC option?

The problem is that like many others I still haven’t received the notification for the update and want to get Windows 10 at minimal risk. Now as I upgrade from a legitimate OS, my insider preview is still activated after I stopped the option to get insider builds.

Now if I try to clean install Windows 10 again, will the Pro version get activated or I’ll have to install 7 again then upgrade to Windows 10 Home and then clean install 10 Home again?

I thought my Insider Pro would activate after clean install, but it didnt. I had to go via 8. Clean is always the best route.

I did clean install without format. Now i like to do it again with format. Can i do the same procedure without problems. Also van I then install office again without problems? On my SP3 I did a factory reset to 8. Everything was deleted. Is that a clean installation? Everything seems but apart from battery-life, which I think has been reduced.

Clean install means formatting your hard drive and then installing Windows. Resetting only deleted your apps and reinstalls windows. Sure that sounds like a clean install but it isn’t. Hey thanks for thre tip. But does it really matter if the HD isn’t formatted? I’m more concerned about why the battery life has shortened on the SP3 – 9hrs to 4hrs.

Would reformatting the hard disk help? I find it funny that Cortana is regarded as a new feature, while the service is not available to most if the world I upgraded since I didn’t want to re install all my programs, and the upgrade went flawlessly. I went for the upgrade option on my Surface 3.

It was only 3 weeks old so had hardly anything on it from new. So far it’s running great. I’ve got my Father’s to do next which I’ll do the same way, and hopefully it’ll go as well. Then there’s his old laptop with Win7 that I’ll probably go for a clean install on. I’ll do the upgrade and remove everything option with that one. Did the upgrade and the only issue is installing apps from the store. Only way I can install anything is if I switch to a local account temporarily.

Other than that I’ve been fine. Now bring on we windows 10 for mobiles. It’s how I upgraded my Windows 8 to Windows 10 after the normal auto-update kept on failing for some odd reason.

That failed on my too : only Windows Update worked. I preformed the upgrade to windows 10 stuff, with the media creation tool, and kept all my data, but the update gave me a stupid display driver that gave me a lower resolution than what I has before, but I later resolved it, so performing a clean install is not in my agenda.

Upgraded Win81 on my daughter’s HP Spectre x No problems noted. Clean installed on my Intel NUC. No problems other than sleep resizing and repositioning my windows still haven’t figured that one out yet. What’s nice is that Win10 automagically installed drivers for the Epson WorkForce I got the other day.

I had to download and install a huge driver package for our Win7 computers. I actually upgraded then reset through windows. I did a hard drive clean so it was the same as a clean install. Runs great. Bluetooth in windows 10 doesn’t work properly for me neither..

I use Bluetooth mouse for my laptop and i have to keep bluetooth device window open on screen just so i could use the mouse.. Already tried enable discovery mode which made no differences.. Being on the insider track, I’ve been doing in-place upgrades but I bought a Win10 Pro key from Amazon and used that to do a clean install to clean up the lingering issues I was having with So far nothing seems to be out of place. Can anyone tell me what will happen if I update to 10 on a device with no driver support?

None of the drivers have been updated even once since the laptop came out in , and the laptop is not on Acer’s list of devices supported for the upgrade. Any help would be appreciated, thanks! Drivers are crucial things to make everything work. You can try to upgrade your PC but no one quarantees it will work correctly. My PC works fine. Try installing it should work fine. But after upgrading through Windows update, reset your pc for it to work better as it would slow down.

How to fix windows store? I can not install all app from windows store because windows store closed by it self. A bit off topic here. Has anyone having dedicated keys issue in windows 10? I know that formating SSD disc may cause a serious speed problems. If you are choosing to install a clean version of Windows and keep nothing would it delete the hard disk or format?

No glitches after upgrading to from 8. I have Cortana deactivated and privacy strictly applied no reports, no ad entity etc.

 
 

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Update: Starting April 15, , the feature update is fully available. Microsoft also has the health dashboard website , where the company lists the known issues for all releases of Windows, and right all the known bugs have already been fixed. Using the enablement package approach reduces the number of problems during and after an in-place upgrade or clean installation.

However, it does not resolve the issues with the feature update if any. Although the new operating system does not seem to have significant problems thus far, you may still come across issues. On the other hand, if the device has an older release, such as the November Update version , you may also be able to upgrade, but you should proceed with more caution. Usually, upgrading from an older release requires complete reinstallation, and the process can sometimes cause unexpected problems.

In this new version, you will find many significant changes and features, including a fresh new interface with rounded corners and transparent elements. There’s a new Start menu and Taskbar that now are front and center. Action Center has been replaced for two new experiences known as Notification Center and Quick Settings.

Although the company has finalized the development earlier to spend more time tweaking and fixing bugs and other problems before the official release date, the new version includes many code changes that could mean many unknown issues, compatibility problems with hardware and drivers, and more. Since Windows 11 requires complete reinstallation, computers may also experience other problems that are not caused by the new version. Instead, the upgrade process may get stuck or fail because of driver issues, incompatible applications, device drivers, custom configurations, or problems with some pieces of hardware.

In this Windows 11 guide, we will share some of the problems you may encounter during and after the installation and their possible solutions. On Windows 11, you may come across two types of problems. You can stumble upon commonly known issues during and after the upgrade, such as problems with storage, features, activation, and updates that are not problems directly tied to the new OS.

Also, there are those problems that are direct results of bugs with the new version. For instance, the installation may fail because of a compatibility issue with an app or hardware, or these problems could be related to drivers and security software like antivirus.

Since Windows 11 is based on Windows 10, the same installation problems you may see on Windows 10 are likely to appear on Windows This guide focuses on helping you get around common upgrade problems and steps to mitigate specific known issues if available during and after the installation. One of the biggest confusions with the new version of Windows is the new system requirements, and this is because they are different from the previous version, and it’s not clear what devices are compatible, causing a lot of confusion among users.

Once you confirm the hardware specifications, make sure the device has an enabled Trusted Platform Module TPM version 2.

You can complete this task with these instructions. Also, the new version of Windows requires Secure Boot. You can use this guide to check the feature state and the steps to turn it on as necessary. Alternatively, you can run the official PC Health Check download is at the end of the page opens in new tab application to confirm whether your computer will run Windows The tool will let you know precisely the compatible components and those that are not so that you can act accordingly.

Windows Update is the recommended method to download and install Windows 11, but sometimes you may run into errors that can prevent your computer from getting the update. If you get the message saying: This PC doesn’t currently meet Windows 11 system requirements, it means that one or more required components are missing, and unless you resolve them, you won’t be able to continue with the installation. Usually, the setup will explain the problems blocking the upgrade.

For example, you these or other reasons:. In addition to these, the Windows 11 setup may also complain about Secure Boot. If the drive is under 64GB, you will need to upgrade the storage. The system is referring to the maximum capacity, not the free available space. Warning: Changing the incorrect settings can make the computer unbootable. You should access the motherboard settings only when you have a good reason. It’s assumed that you know what you’re doing.

Once you complete the steps, the security module will allow you to configure and use features like BitLocker or pass the compatibility check to install Windows If you need additional assistant, follow the instructions in this guide.

After you complete the steps, the security module will enable, and the computer should now meet the Windows 11 requirement. In addition to the system requirements problems, you may also encounter Windows Update issues, but you can use the built-in troubleshooter to solve the most common issues.

Once you complete the steps, the Windows Update settings should now operate normally to install Windows If you get the error 0xc , it means that there’s an issue downloading the new version, and there’s nothing else you need to do. At a later time, the system will try to download it again.

When upgrading to Windows 11, you may see the error 0x message, which means that one or more required files are either missing or damaged. Using the Deployment Servicing and Management DISM tool, you can resolve this problem to restore the system files to a known good state. After you complete the steps, the required files will be repaired, and Windows Update should start working to download and install the first semi-annual update of Windows If you use Windows Update to upgrade your device, you may see the error 0xF , which means that the computer cannot connect to the update servers or the System Reserved partition is too small or out of space.

Usually, you will see the error 0xF trying to upgrade to Windows 11 when a VPN connection is active. If you use another VPN client software, check the software vendor documentation for more specific instructions to disconnect the device.

Third-party security software for example, antivirus can store data in the System Reserved partition that may cause a halt in the Windows 11 installation.

You can resolve this problem by using a third-party tool to resize the partition to make it equal to or larger than MB. Alternatively, you can choose to perform a clean installation. This process will not only fix the problem, but you will start the device with a new installation that can resolve other issues and improve system performance. If you start the Windows 11 installation with a USB bootable media and setup fails, then one or more files may be missing or damaged. The quick fix would be creating a new USB flash drive.

After you complete the steps, the Media Creation Tool will create a new setup media with the files to install Windows