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

sakumar79

Technomancer
Hi,
Thank you. I want to upgrade the installed OS (Windows 7 and 8.1) on my family laptops and PCs to Windows 10, not a clean install.

Thanks again
Arun
 

dissel

Cyborg Agent
Hi All, I plan to purchase a new laptop with Windows 8.1. Then I want to upgrade it to Windows 10. But I have a problem. I live in India and I use 3G cellular link for my internet. It is slow and unreliable and often drops out. The Win10 upgrade download is about 3-6GB. There's no way I could download this without my 3G cellular connection dropping out at some point.

Question: If I click on the system tray Win10 Upgrade icon and start the download and the download fails in the middle, can I resume the download without data loss? Does the Win10 upgrade download make it possible so that partially download data is saved in case connection is lost? I need the ability to resume the download without losing data in case my internet drops out.

Anyone have direct knowledge about this? If not, does anyone know a good place or good forum to post this question? Thanks,

After Certain Amount of Download, it possible to resume....As soon as that 'Media Creation Tool' make those folder as well setupprep.exe into the Hard disk.

Here is the Guide

Tip: How to resume the Windows 10 installation media creation process - gHacks Tech News

My two machine download also interrupted, but I can finally mange with this procedure....you may loose some 3G Data, Try during Night Hours when Traffic is low.
 
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sygeek

Technomancer
Hi All, I plan to purchase a new laptop with Windows 8.1. Then I want to upgrade it to Windows 10. But I have a problem. I live in India and I use 3G cellular link for my internet. It is slow and unreliable and often drops out. The Win10 upgrade download is about 3-6GB. There's no way I could download this without my 3G cellular connection dropping out at some point.

Question: If I click on the system tray Win10 Upgrade icon and start the download and the download fails in the middle, can I resume the download without data loss? Does the Win10 upgrade download make it possible so that partially download data is saved in case connection is lost? I need the ability to resume the download without losing data in case my internet drops out.

Anyone have direct knowledge about this? If not, does anyone know a good place or good forum to post this question? Thanks,
Use a download manager and download the ESD file. You can install through that and pause/resume anytime you want. See the first post of this thread for more details.
 
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kkn13

Cyber Genius FTW
wont an ISO from *ahem* *ahem* sources work?
I mean for an official OEM Windows upgrade instead of Media creation tool?
I upgraded using media creation tool but I have a few bugs which I was advised to clean install to fix
I decided to install in another partition to see if it detects my hardware and activates and if the bugs are ironed out but I realized the ISO I downloaded wasnt activating until I realized I downloaded Pro instead of Home :(
So Im downloading Home now and will format my current upgrade install later if the new install works well

Btw is it possible to keep windows 10 clean install in the new partition and then downgrade the upgrade install back to windows 7 OEM??
I mean will I lose activation?
Because I have a few serious bugs which are preventing me from using it to its full potential and would like to gradually shift to windows 10
At the same time,Im bored of windows 7 but need atleast one stable OS in my laptop and other than the sleep/hibernate bugs which Im facing,I prefer 10 to 7
 

kaz

right here
How to choose what updates to install and what not in Windows 10? For the time being I have disabled Windows Updates from services.
 

rohitshakti2

In the zone
Hi,
I have updated my laptop from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 last weekend. During this process, it had failed with first download and re-downloaded the entire setup files before it finally installed. Now, it is working fine...

Now, I need to update my dad's laptop with Windows 8.1, my wife's laptop with Windows 7 and a couple of desktops with Windows 8.1... To avoid the hassle of failed downloads and to reduce bandwidth usage, I am planning to use the Media Creation Tool from Microsoft for downloading and creating an ISO which I will burn to DVD and use to upgrade other systems.

Please confirm this is correct approach or not...

Thanks in advance,
Arun

I installed a clean installation of Win10 on my PC, now I want to activate it, but this PC does not have internet. Pls suggest ways.....
 

thetechfreak

Legend Never Ends
^^ Windows update takes care of drivers now. I don't think the update will break critical. Expect "Windows 10" labelled drivers to be out soon.
 
I've seen two options on the Windows 10 (English) ISO files' download page as English and English International. So, should I download the International version ? i have windows 8.1 single language which has english us
 

Desmond

Destroy Erase Improve
Staff member
Admin
I've seen two options on the Windows 10 (English) ISO files' download page as English and English International. So, should I download the International version ? i have windows 8.1 single language which has english us

It will be better if you get the same ISO as your language on your system.

However, in theory, it should download the language pack. I wouldn't count on it though.
 

Faun

Wahahaha~!
Staff member
I've seen two options on the Windows 10 (English) ISO files' download page as English and English International. So, should I download the International version ? i have windows 8.1 single language which has english us

Download the closest match.
 

amjath

Human Spambot
My colleague is using Windows 7 32 bit genuine OS on a 64 bit laptop, can i upgrade it to Windows 10 64 bit? Is that possible?
 

Desmond

Destroy Erase Improve
Staff member
Admin
Some interesting stuff I found: What Windows 10 is actually monitoring (regardless of privacy settings)

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My colleague is using Windows 7 32 bit genuine OS on a 64 bit laptop, can i upgrade it to Windows 10 64 bit? Is that possible?

According to this link: *www.infopackets.com/news/9649/how-upgrade-windows-7-8-32-bit-windows-10-64-bit, you can only upgrade to Windows 10 of the same architecture as the one you had previously installed.
 

GhorMaanas

The Vagrant Seeker
you can download iso from here with download manager. *www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/techbench

you know where to get this 'upgrade program script ISO' from? google-search didn't help. its mentioned in the file 'creating an installation usb stick.pdf'.
 
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