Windows 10

S0litaire

So...

Hopefully anyone upgrading tomorrow is spending today backing up their current version of windows just in case things go wrong.

I spent yesterday tidying up and backing up my win7pro machine ( removing unwanted programs and about 700gb worth of games I've not played in a year!)

Not sure wither to just upgrade or flatten the whole thing and do a clean win 10 install?!?

enfield_freddy

have you got an iso of win 10?

Jivesinger

S0litaire wrote: »

So...

Hopefully anyone upgrading tomorrow is spending today backing up their current version of windows just in case things go wrong.

Yes that's a good point.

I'm putting off the upgrade on my main machine for a while until the dust settles but will certainly be backing up before I upgrade.

S0litaire wrote: »

Not sure wither to just upgrade or flatten the whole thing and do a clean win 10 install?!?

My understanding is that you need to do an Upgrade first, in order to grab the free Win10 Licence. Then, once it's activated, Microsoft have said you can clean install later - not sure of exact mechanism yet.

S0litaire

Well that's why I did a full system backup so I can upgrade to win 10 and if their are problems I can get back to where I exactly was before the upgrade and then use the downloaded files to do a clean install if possible.

And I'm sure a full win 10 ISO all find its way into the net in a few days if the upgrade files can't do a clean install...

S0litaire

enfield_freddy wrote: »

have you got an iso of win 10?

Not yet... Seeing what gets downloaded tomorrow....

Their is always other sources to look for it if I need the ISO..

50Twuncle

Jivesinger wrote: »

Yes that's a good point.

I'm putting off the upgrade on my main machine for a while until the dust settles but will certainly be backing up before I upgrade.
My understanding is that you need to do an Upgrade first, in order to grab the free Win10 Licence. Then, once it's activated, Microsoft have said you can clean install later - not sure of exact mechanism yet.

I think that I read that MS were incorporating an OS back up - to allow you to save Win 10 to DVD/Memory stick for later reinstallation ?

RumRat

SandLake wrote: »

Is there going to be a deluge of Windows 10 downloads tomorrow? Will there be some sort of phased rollout?

A lot of machines already have it downloaded and it will be available after midnight tonight.
Insiders already have the final version with maybe a couple of last minute updates to come.
The first activations are happening right now in New Zealand..

enfield_freddy

when you get the iso , and do a reload MS will not let you register it with the generic number , try using this system


skip ser no on start-up , when loaded


open a elevated command prompt

type

slmgr /ipk W269N-WFGWX-YVC9B-4J6C9-T83GX

enter

type

slmgr /skms kms.xspace.in


type

slmgr /ato




this has worked on the last 15 loads I have done over the last week or so

50Twuncle

I really don't know whether to update or not on my laptop (my desktop is staying Win 7 pro) - My laptop has been giving me grief for 2 years (it is Win 8 updated to 8.1) and has been rebuilt/restored several times, due to freezing and similar issues - last time was last week - so I guess that Win 10 can't be any worse and I may as well update ....

RumRat

50Twuncle wrote: »

I really don't know whether to update or not on my laptop (my desktop is staying Win 7 pro) - My laptop has been giving me grief for 2 years (it is Win 8 updated to 8.1) and has been rebuilt/restored several times, due to freezing and similar issues - last time was last week - so I guess that Win 10 can't be any worse and I may as well update ....

I've been running W10 on my laptop with no problems. It's a 5 year old Sony Vaio.
I was having no problems with the laptop and W10 didn't add any, so, I guess you are right, it can't be any worse...;)