Microsoft Windows

chris1988uk

Started looking at upgrading my desktop and need windows 10. Majority of places I have found you're talking £100 for the retail version.
I have found a site called msofficeworks.co.uk who are selling it for £59 but I've never heard of it before.
It's ment to be a trusted website I've tryed looking the site up for reviews but other than there own I can't find anything.
Has anyone seen or used the site before?? Or anyone know any other site where I can get Windows 10 retail from??

WAYT

Which operating system are you running currently? You may be able to upgrade for free.

chris1988uk

WAYT wrote: »

Which operating system are you running currently? You may be able to upgrade for free.

It was windows Xp then upgraded to Windows 7. However I need a new hard drive as well so it would be a fresh installation.

Heedtheadvice

Good advice, WAYT. Do not spend uneccesarily.
Not only that but £100 is a third the way to a new decent machine with Windows preinstalled!

Edit:after reading Chris's second post....
No doubt WAYT will tell you you can upgrade for free and then just image on to your new disk saving £100.....

GunJack

chris1988uk wrote: »

It was windows Xp then upgraded to Windows 7. However I need a new hard drive as well so it would be a fresh installation.

I'd make sure the current pc will even run W10 before shelling out ....drivers for the hardware may not exist, for example..

Might be worth looking on ebay for a new-to-you (i.e. a refurb) machine with 7/8/10 installed, and if 7/8 bag the free update to 10 while it it still available.

WAYT

chris1988uk wrote: »

It was windows Xp then upgraded to Windows 7. However I need a new hard drive as well so it would be a fresh installation.

Likely won't matter. What machine is it?

emptybox

Yes, if you have a Windows 7 product key, you can clean install Windows 10 for free, provided your XP machine is even compatible with 10.

But don't even consider spending money to put Windows 10 on an XP era machine, when you can buy a Windows 7 ex-business machine (which you can certainly upgrade for free), for less than the cost of the 10 OS.
(unless the PC is of sentimental value to you )

flashg67

I've just in the last few weeks upgraded 2 desktops from Win 7 to Win 10 by downloading the Win 10 .iso, burning to dvd and installing from said DVD. I know the 'free upgrade' has long since expired but both have worked fine

Downloaded from https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10 then selected the 'Create Windows 10 installation media' option

alankearn

Why not try this, one of my computers now has Windows 10 using this method.
Microsoft must know that untold numbers of unqualified computer uses get Windows 10 this way and yet they still allow it, so they can not be to bothered about how you get Windows 10.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/accessibility/windows10upgrade

Edit
Sorry I did not see your other post regarding a new hard drive so this method will not work.
I am leaving this post up as it may help someone else

unforeseen

alankearn wrote: »

Why not try this, one of my computers now has Windows 10 using this method.
Microsoft must know that untold numbers of unqualified computer uses get Windows 10 this way and yet they still allow it, so they can not be to bothered about how you get Windows 10.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/accessibility/windows10upgrade

Edit
Sorry I did not see your other post regarding a new hard drive so this method will not work.
I am leaving this post up as it may help someone else

It will work , you just need to do a double install. Install on existing setup from the assistance link. This creates the record in the ms system. Replace the hd and do a clean install and it will automatically activate when it checks in with ms.

ThemeOne

Take a look here: https://www.howtogeek.com/272201/all-the-ways-you-can-still-get-windows-10-for-free/

I don't think you'll have to pay for Windows 10.