ISO image Win 10/64 Pro

50Twuncle

ringo_24601 wrote: »

Hmm apparently HyperV doesn't like anything older than Win98 ..

Try Virtualbox although you will need an OS to run it on !!!

esuhl

davebu wrote: »

So, if I do I fresh install of w10 onto a new hard drive, then once activated, I can just take that drive out, chuck it in a cupboard, and carry on using my current os until 2020, then in 2020 put back in the new hard drive?

That's pretty much what I'm planning to do, although whether an unpatched version of W10 will work in four years is anyone's guess. If you're only going to activate W10 and not use it, it would make sense to perform a clean installation with the latest available ISO image when you need it in 2020.

50Twuncle

50Twuncle wrote: »

I have now re-run GWX with the option set to ALLOW UPDATE - It is currently downloading - so appears to be OK
Next problem will be "WILL THE WIN 7 RESTORE WORK"
(I do have the retail DVD if necessary - though I hope not)

It failed - so got MS to log in and take a look, yesterday
They spent 2 hours 18 minutes, logged in and couldn't offer any more help - they edited the registry !!
and left me with the firewall disabled !!
Even trying a "freshly downloaded" MSI
Any more suggestions ?
The icon is still sitting there - asking me to upgrade !!
Error code 0x8004100e
and when using a bootable ISO on DVD - It goes through all of the (pre) updates, downloads etc - then at 99% it reports "UPGRADE has FAILED" - No error code - just a fail !!
Looks like I am stuck on Win 7 pro for life...

NiftyDigits

50Twuncle wrote: »

It failed - so got MS to log in and take a look, yesterday
They spent 2 hours 18 minutes, logged in and couldn't offer any more help - they edited the registry !!
and left me with the firewall disabled !!
Even trying a "freshly downloaded" MSI
Any more suggestions ?
The icon is still sitting there - asking me to upgrade !!
Error code 0x8004100e
and when using a bootable ISO on DVD - It goes through all of the (pre) updates, downloads etc - then at 99% it reports "UPGRADE has FAILED" - No error code - just a fail !!
Looks like I am stuck on Win 7 pro for life...

As advised in the first place. Forget about upgrading. Back up activation and install cleanly when ready.

50Twuncle

NiftyDigits wrote: »

As advised in the first place. Forget about upgrading. Back up activation and install cleanly when ready.

Right - so 'rufus' effectively allows a install on a USB stick ?
Which then needs a recover back to win 7 but in doing that reserves a future install of win 10
I am using a full retail win 7 pro 64 - does that make any difference ?

esuhl

If you have a retail version of Win7, you'll have the installation media and Product Key so you can reinstall it.

To install Windows 10, boot from a DVD, USB, or chocolate hobnob created using the Win10 Media Creation tool from Microsoft. During installation, when prompted for a product key, enter your Windows 7 one. Complete the installation and check that Win 10 has activated.

From then on, you can reinstall either Windows 7 or 10 whenever you like (e.g. after the Win10 free upgrade period expires) using the Win7 product key.

Just check your backups are up-to-date before installing either OS, so you can wipe the drive and do a clean installation, and then restore your data from the backup.

50Twuncle

esuhl wrote: »

If you have a retail version of Win7, you'll have the installation media and Product Key so you can reinstall it.

To install Windows 10, boot from a DVD, USB, or chocolate hobnob created using the Win10 Media Creation tool from Microsoft. During installation, when prompted for a product key, enter your Windows 7 one. Complete the installation and check that Win 10 has activated.

From then on, you can reinstall either Windows 7 or 10 whenever you like (e.g. after the Win10 free upgrade period expires) using the Win7 product key.

Just check your backups are up-to-date before installing either OS, so you can wipe the drive and do a clean installation, and then restore your data from the backup.

Thanks - but you have missed the point - I am trying to do an UPGRADE (leaving my files intact)
so I can just "register" the upgrade and return to Win 7
but try as I might - I am unable to install Win 10 as an upgrade on my present set up

System

Hi

An upgrade with stuff in situ is risky. So you still need to back everything up. So do that first. Then....

Therefore download the .iso, make a bootable USB stick and install W10 over the top of your existing W7. End of.

Windows 10 will make a folder called Windows.old where seven is situated. You have all the disks and backups already, so if it goes wrong you just rebuild.

50Twuncle

johndough wrote: »

Therefore download the .iso, make a bootable USB stick and install W10 over the top ouf your existing W7. End of.

Except for the error.......... it fails - code 0x8004100e

50Twuncle

NiftyDigits wrote: »

As advised in the first place. Forget about upgrading. Back up activation and install cleanly when ready.

I am trying this now
Can you please confirm that
1. I download the ISO to the desktop (the instructions are not clear)
2. I download RUFUS to the desktop
3 run RUFUS (with options sorted) - this should install Windows 10 to the USB stick....