Official Windows 10 Thread: Installation and Issues (check first post)

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BhargavJ

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I've been hearing of Win 10 for quite some time, but it is only today that I came to know that it is free, so:

I have two laptops: a Toshiba Satellite L 755 (i3, 4 GB RAM) running Win 7 x64 Home Premium, and a Dell Inspiron (i5, 4 GB RAM) running Win 8.1 Single Language. Both came with the respective OSes pre-installed. So for each laptop, I'll have to download the Win 10 setup separately, isn't it?

The Toshiba laptop had a license sticker underneath, but the Dell laptop came with the license key inbuilt (UEFI or something). In both cases, will I have to manually enter the license key, or only for the Toshiba one? I don't understand license types - RT and OEM and all; the keys I have (for both laptops) should work, no?

I downloaded the Media Creation Tool and ran it; it gave two options, choose to download the setup by selecting the version on your own (Home / Pro, etc.), or let the application choose it for this particular computer. If I choose to let the app choose for each laptop, will I also get an ISO at the end, or will the app save the downloaded data to some inaccessible place, and I'll have to download an ISO again?
 
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BhargavJ said:
I've been hearing of Win 10 for quite some time, but it is only today that I came to know that it is free, so:

I have two laptops: a Toshiba Satellite L 755 (i3, 4 GB RAM) running Win 7 x64 Home Premium, and a Dell Inspiron (i5, 4 GB RAM) running Win 8.1 Single Language. Both came with the respective OSes pre-installed. So for each laptop, I'll have to download the Win 10 setup separately, isn't it?
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My Win 10 x64 ISO didn't work for the laptop with Win 8.1 Single Language. Downloading single language version for laptop now

BhargavJ said:
The Toshiba laptop had a license sticker underneath, but the Dell laptop came with the license key inbuilt (UEFI or something). In both cases, will I have to manually enter the license key, or only for the Toshiba one? I don't understand license types - RT and OEM and all; the keys I have (for both laptops) should work, no?
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Win 10 will pick up automatically.

BhargavJ said:
I downloaded the Media Creation Tool and ran it; it gave two options, choose to download the setup by selecting the version on your own (Home / Pro, etc.), or let the application choose it for this particular computer. If I choose to let the app choose for each laptop, will I also get an ISO at the end, or will the app save the downloaded data to some inaccessible place, and I'll have to download an ISO again?
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Please post screenshot.
 
izzikio_rage

izzikio_rage

Technomancer
Has anyone given Windows to go a try? Want to boot from my external hard drive. Have been using win8. Wanted to know if win10 will break anything
 
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BhargavJ

In the zone
Suppose I upgrade my Win 7 Home Premium to Win 10. Some time later, lets say two months later, I decide that Win 7 was better. So I format the partition C:\, and reinstall the system ghost image that I had created when I first installed Win 7. When Win 7 asks for the product key, and I enter the original Win 7 key given on the sticker at the bottom of the laptop, will it work, or will the Win 7 key that I had earlier be cancelled when I upgrade to Win 10 and I'll be given a new Win 10 key?
 
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