How to install Windows 10 - A guide

Windows 10 doesn't seem to want to work with my old laptops wireless and lan and gives errors yet everything else works fine.
 
Only issues I had yesterday was with my nVidia graphics drivers and when I inserted my Packard Bell USB 1 terabyte HDD which again screwed the graphics driver for my nVidia card - but since then it has behaved - so my feeling is that isdues will be had with drivers but otherwise okay so far.
 
Anyone else had their taskbar freeze up in Windows 10? It's happened twice to me now, only a restart will get it going again.
 
Btw, I've had no problems moving a hard drive between laptops (both Dells but from different generations)

Take drive with Win10 installed out of laptop 1, insert in laptop 2, bootup - it spends a bit of time setting up of devices, and voila, up and running :D
 
Nephew_ said:
Clean install without upgrade:
http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/...10-directly-without-having-upgrade-first.html

I performed this method this week on 2 Virtualbox VMs and a laptop. No issues.
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GenuineTicket works, I know. Other aspects to be cosidered before upgrade:

The only reliable method is to create ISO file and save it locally (and save a copy on external drive).

When the upgrade fails or you are not happy from Windows 10, you might be not be able to revert to your normal workspace. You should do full imaging of your hard drive to the external media first. Then upgrade by generating GenuineTicket and fresh Win10 installation. If you are going to revert back it doesn't matter. Open ISO file then double clicking on SETUP.EXE. Skip entering keys during installation. Activate the upgrade on Microsoft server and then restore your original OS from the image file. Now you can upgrade your computer later at any time when Microsoft release stable release, not pre-beta like it is now.

Note for users who do not qualify for Windows 10 Pro. With Home version you will be not able to disable automatic updates. If you already did upgrade to Windows 10 Home, it is over. If you didn't, read on. In such situation use DAZ on a fresh installation of Windows 7 Pro/Ultimate and upgrade from here. :)
 
Nephew_ said:
Clean install without upgrade:
http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/...10-directly-without-having-upgrade-first.html

I performed this method this week on 2 Virtualbox VMs and a laptop. No issues.
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I am running Win 7 off an SSD. Can I unplug that and install Win10 on a normal HDD and activate with GenuineTicket to reserve the upgrade, then revert back to the Win7 drive and format the Win10 drive? It should then reactivate my Win7 install without messing up my current install, and also reserve my license of Win10 for future use?
 
furpile said:
I am running Win 7 off an SSD. Can I unplug that and install Win10 on a normal HDD and activate with GenuineTicket to reserve the upgrade,
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Affirmative. Verify that your upgrade is activated by "Digital entitlement". Then plug in back your SSD and work as usual.

Your motherboard is registered on MS servers so when you decide for an upgrade, you can do a fresh installation, skip entering keys and you don't need GenuineTicket anymore, it will activate automatically.
 
furpile said:
I am running Win 7 off an SSD. Can I unplug that and install Win10 on a normal HDD and activate with GenuineTicket to reserve the upgrade, then revert back to the Win7 drive and format the Win10 drive? It should then reactivate my Win7 install without messing up my current install, and also reserve my license of Win10 for future use?
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Not sure how genuine ticket works but I'd make an image of the windows 7 install, upgrade to 10 activate then reload the 7 install from the image and now you have the windows 10 license and you are back to using 7.

Say after the free upgrade to Windows 10 your system is hit by lightning and you need to replace mbb/hdd etc which contain the hardware ids that Windows uses to authenticate the legibility for your win 10 upgrade license for subsequent installs of 10, the base license key you upgraded from is still the same but will windows 10 be activated now on the new hardware, the base key must somehow be linked to the windows 10 that was previously upgraded to?
 
sajunky said:
Affirmative. Verify that your upgrade is activated by "Digital entitlement". Then plug in back your SSD and work as usual.

Your motherboard is registered on MS servers so when you decide for an upgrade, you can do a fresh installation, skip entering keys and you don't need GenuineTicket anymore, it will activate automatically.
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Excellent, thanks. Guess I have some work to do tonight :) Was going to skip this whole process because I didn't want to mess with my current install, but now it's a breeze.
 
airborne said:
Not sure how genuine ticket works but I'd make an image of the windows 7 install, upgrade to 10 activate then reload the 7 install from the image and now you have the windows 10 license and you are back to using 7.

Say after the free upgrade to Windows 10 your system is hit by lightning and you need to replace mbb/hdd etc which contain the hardware ids that Windows uses to authenticate the legibility for your win 10 upgrade license for subsequent installs of 10, the base license key you upgraded from is still the same but will windows 10 be activated now on the new hardware, the base key must somehow be linked to the windows 10 that was previously upgraded to?
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GenuineTicket just seems to bypass the need to upgrade from a current version by making a certificate copy of your existing license. This then gets used by the fresh Win10 install to validate your license and register your pc. So you end up with the same thing, but you don't have to mess with your current install. When you replace your mobo I assume you will have to re-validate your license by phoning in, I have had to do this twice on my Win7 license.
 
airborne said:
Say after the free upgrade to Windows 10 your system is hit by lightning and you need to replace mbb/hdd etc which contain the hardware ids that Windows uses to authenticate the legibility for your win 10 upgrade license for subsequent installs of 10, the base license key you upgraded from is still the same but will windows 10 be activated now on the new hardware, the base key must somehow be linked to the windows 10 that was previously upgraded to?
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Not sure about this. Perhaps Microsoft has revised the original plans, as now they accept Windows 7 COA (sticker) key for activating copy of Windows 10. What happens after free upgrade period it is only speculation. I think a "Digital Entitlement" has no such component, but they will perhaps accept your COA sticker when you phone them.
 
elf_lord_ZC5 said:
Only issues I had yesterday was with my nVidia graphics drivers and when I inserted my Packard Bell USB 1 terabyte HDD which again screwed the graphics driver for my nVidia card - but since then it has behaved - so my feeling is that isdues will be had with drivers but otherwise okay so far.
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Yup, had the same issue at work, but had time and data to sort it out. My attempt to update at home became so frustrating that I ended up rolling back to 7 so that I could work. I'm assuming the Win 10 update is stored on my PC, so when I have time and data to waste I'll try again.
 
A windows 7 or Windows 8.1 key can be used to install a fresh Windows 10 copy. I believe there may be certain keys that dont work, but most will.

I bought an 8.1 key for $23 without realising that Windows 10 keys are actually the same price (Kinguin), however used it to install windows 10 without issue.
 
Surv0 said:
A windows 7 or Windows 8.1 key can be used to install a fresh Windows 10 copy. I believe there may be certain keys that dont work, but most will.

I bought an 8.1 key for $23 without realising that Windows 10 keys are actually the same price (Kinguin), however used it to install windows 10 without issue.
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You reckon those keys from Kinguin are legit, have heard of a few being blocked after purchase?
 
no win10!! i had 8.1 on my laptop upgraded to 10, hated it an used my previous win7 key to revert
 
Yennork said:
no win10!! i had 8.1 on my laptop upgraded to 10, hated it an used my previous win7 key to revert
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Why on Earth would you do that? It takes less than 5 minutes to install Start10 and get a Windows 7 style start menu. In all other respects Windows 10 is an improvement.
 
Bryn said:
Why on Earth would you do that? It takes less than 5 minutes to install Start10 and get a Windows 7 style start menu. In all other respects Windows 10 is an improvement.
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is a problem yes, but prefer win7 over win10 and if not for work Linux
 
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