Windows 10

[drew]

For those that would like to have a DVD of Windows 10 upgrade, go to this page...

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/softwar ... /windows10

Read the page then download the mediacreationtool and run it. Select create media disk and the 2.5GB Windows ISO file will begin to download. When download finishes just burn the ISO to DVD.

Thanks for the link. I have another system that I can't get to upgrade from 7 to 10 because the System Reserved partition seems to be too small, and I can't figure out how to change it, plus the drive is too small anyway, so I think I will buy a bigger SSD and do a fresh install of 10.

[norburybrook]

Drew,

You can't do a clean install of windows 10, well you can but only AFTER you've updated a system.

I'd get yourself a large drive then clone the old one using any of the free cloning app's (macruim reflect, clonezilla, acronis free) then do your update on the new larger drive.




Marcus

[sluckey]

Supposedly you can do a clean install with the bootable media that you created "if" you have a valid product key for Win7 or Win8.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/wind ... _wol_win10

[norburybrook]

no, if you ready exactly what it says you'll see you can ONLY do a full install AFTER you've updated a working 7 or 8 system.

your serial will NOT work if you just tried to do a clean install.



Marcus

[sluckey]

I think you can do a clean install, but you must begin the installation from a machine that is currently running a genuine activated Win 7 or Win 8 system. I've read so much about Win10 in the past few days that I had the facts confused. Here's the link that tells you how to do it...

http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft- ... indows-10/

Scroll down the page to the paragraph that reads...

For those who are anxious to do a clean install, here's the trick:

[drew]

Thanks, guys. I ended up clearing some space on the existing SSD and using a third party program to shrink the Windows partition and expand the System Reserved partition. After a couple of failed attempts, the upgrade finally went through. I don't think I will bother doing it with the DVD again; after you go through the process of download ing the .iso and burning the disc, you start the upgrade and it promptly says it needs to check for updates, and spends a very long time doing so.

[gui_tarzan]

My PCs are out-of-service units from where I work so I guess I'm not going to be able to check out 10 on them. When I do a key lookup they all say BBBBB-BBBBB-BBBBB-BBBBB-BBBBB which is the enterprise version and not allowed on the "free" upgrade.

[Ken Moon]

I've been running Win 10/64 bit on my i5 laptop for about 2 weeks now.

The only problem is that I used an IOgear USB-to Bluetooth adapter, and couldn't get it to work at all.

After some research, I found that I needed the Broadcom WIDCOMM driver for Win 10/64, version 12.0.1.653

Samsung (who made my laptop) didn't have this July 2015 update on their support sight, but I found it on both the Lenovo and Acer driver download sites.

After that, everything worked fine.

I did buy a 1TB external USB3 hard drive ($60) and used a free trial of EaseUS Todo backup software to make a clone of the laptop hard drive, and I also made a System Repair disk and saved an image file using the tools in win 7 (Backup and Restore in the Control Panel) just in case.

My biggest fear was losing all of my amp schematics, layouts and reference materials!

[Phil_S]

Last year, I bought a new computer and demoted the old one to work for video streaming to the TV -- Netflix, MGo, and the like. So, all that really matters is the video output.

The older one finally got it's turn at the Win10 upgrade. I nearly threw all caution to the wind, but wisely decided to plant a USB hard drive next to it and make a backup first. And it was a good thing I did.

The upgrade, I'm happy to report, went off without event. It looks like a cross between Win 7 and Win 8. The problem, however, was the video resolution. Win 10 was not providing a compatible video driver. I got lower screen resolution and lost about a 1/2" from the top and bottom.

Searching and searching, it turns out Lenovo is not supporting Win 10 for this particular model, suggesting that drivers will never be provided. There was no work around to be found.

Restoring the image file from the back up drive was an adventure, too. Win 10 couldn't "see" the backup files, but it could detect the disk. Go figure. After much futzing around, I put the Win 7 OEM install disk in the DVD drive. Fortunately, it cooperated and loaded Win 7 only to the C: drive (as it is partitioned), so I didn't have to flaten the drive and start from scratch. After that, I restored the image and made it as if nothing had happened.

Moral of the story:
1) Check to see if your computer hardware has been certified by the manufacturer. This means they will provide a compatible driver set.
2) Make a backup!

Do it in that order, not the reverse. D'oh! <headslap!>

[Firestorm]

My wife dutifully did all her Win 7 updates and got the Win 10 upgrade. Oops. Froze the HP laptop totally. Luckily I was able to roll it back. I sure a lot of installs go without a hitch. But not all of them.

[Phil_S]

My wife dutifully did all her Win 7 updates and got the Win 10 upgrade. Oops. Froze the HP laptop totally. Luckily I was able to roll it back. I sure a lot of installs go without a hitch. But not all of them.

Rest assured, her computer will continue to remind her periodically the get the Win 10 upgrade. There is much out there now on how to get it to cease and desist. Just search for the solution.

[Firestorm]

I removed all the Win 10 nag ware. I have a different computer that's pestering me now.