Bootable Usb With Free Upgrade
Sep 8, 2015Can you create a bootable usb from the free windows 10 upgrade for a new pc build? If so, How?
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Can Use Free Upgrade On A Different Drive
Aug 7, 2015I have windows 8.1 Pro on my SSD and windows 7 home premium on my HDD(which I don't use). I want to have Windows 10 on my SSD.
I don't want to upgrade to windows 10 pro since when Microsoft switch to a subscription based service I would (presumably) have to pay more, for features I don't really use.
I understand that my windows 7 home premium is also eligible for the free upgrade and will upgrade to windows 10 home, which is fine for me.
So, if I were to upgrade to windows 10 on my HDD with windows 7, and then perform a clean install on my SSD, will it pick up that I already have a license or will I have to buy a windows 10 home license key?
Computer Shuts Down By Itself After Free Upgrade
Sep 28, 2015I used to run Windows 7, 64 bit. Then I took the free upgrade to Windows 10. It took me 3 or 4 attempts to get it to download and install.
Now my computer shuts itself down when it thinks I am away from it. My husband and I run a law office out of our home, and I cannot babysit the computer all day. I need it to stay on until I turn it off.
Here are my power settings:
Turn off display - 20 hours and 10 minutes
Turn off hard disk - 2340 minutes (39 hours)
Sleep - never
Power button - do nothing
But it ignores me. It still turns off my computer all by itself if I am not there giving it constant keystrokes or mouse clicks. Totally unacceptable. If I can't fix this by the 5th, I am going back to 7.
Then I was counseled to o to the ControlPanel/Power Options On the left side, click ‘Choose what the Power button does’, un-check ‘Turn on fast startup’ and save my changes. But that did not work either - it still shut itself down the minute my back was turned. It seems I am not the only one with this problem.
Moving Windows From Laptop To PC (Free Upgrade)?
Feb 10, 2016I installed Windows 7 onto my laptop , I then did a free upgrade to Windows 10. I would now like to move this installation to a new PC that I am buying. Can I do this for free? I no longer want Windows installed on my laptop, so can I transfer the licence to the new PC?
View 2 RepliesDual Boot With Existing OS To Get A Free Upgrade?
Jun 13, 2015By existing OS I mean by Windows 7 or 8 since those are the 2 versions that offer a free upgrade to the full version of Windows 10. So if I were to download Windows 10 on a brand new PC without any previous operating system then would I have to pay for the upgrade or not? Or would I have to be dual-booting the PC?
View 1 RepliesWill Upgrading CPU Affect Free Windows Upgrade
Sep 2, 2015I have an AMD FX-8300, I found a FX-4350 (4.2gh ) I just want to get it to speed up a bit.
Now before all the AMD haters come running!! I'm going to switch to intel in the future, I'm just waiting for more 6th get stuff to come out and just saving money and so I just want some extra performance for the time. (plus its cheap)
Would I need to buy an actual copy of windows 10 or will my free upgrade still be on my pc?
Upgrade Or Install From Bootable Usb
Mar 4, 2016I have been using windows 7 ultimate for more than 2 years and now I want to upgrade to windows 10. My friend recommended a clean install, gave me an iso for windows 10 enterprise, tell me to use a program called rufus and referred me to this tutorial
My question is: Is it better do a clean install or simply upgrade from the built-in windows update tool? Then, if I should do a clean install, is rufus the suitable tool for making bootable usb?
Is There Any Possible Way To Upgrade From Bootable Flash Drive?
Aug 3, 2015I cannot seem to install any other way. Media Creation Tool will not start. When I mount the ISO and click on setup I am given a small, rectangular blue window that says "Windows", and it disappears after a second. I have a tried through Windows Update and get fail code 8007005. I also have been notified two separate times through "GetWindows10" icon that I am ready to install and once received the 80070005 code and the other time the famous "Something Happened" screen.I was able to create a bootable flash but my understanding is that I can only perform a clean install if I boot with it and would need to purchase an activation code.
I am running Windows 8.1 64-bit on an HP Pavilion 15 series laptop and I am able to successfully update anything through Windows Update except Windows 10 upgrade. All of my other *.exe files start fine except Setup on Windows ISO.
Installation :: Free Update Allow Partition
Sep 30, 2015Will the free windows 10 update allow me to download windows 10 on another partition?
I have seen the link below and I don't see any sign of windows 10 asking to download on a partition
How To Free Up Device Space For Upgrading
Aug 13, 2015I am being told I don't have enough space on my device to upgrade to Windows 10. How do I free up device space to upgrade then? I have deleted multiple apps and nothing seems to work. What should I do?
View 1 RepliesEasily Free Up Disk Space
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Performance :: Disk Usage 100% Despite Great Free Space?
Jan 20, 2016My laptop suddenly started lagging a lot. I opened Task Manager and saw that the Disk Usage was at 100%! The only things causing it to rise are the essential Windows Programs. This causes so much lag though, that if I try to run more than 1 application at a time, nothing starts responding and it forces Me to Force Shutdown manually by holding the power button. I tried a new Browser (went from Firefox to Chrome) and still the same problem. I decided I want to upgrade to Windows 10, since I'm qualified to have it free, but whenever I try to install it, the "Checking for Updates" loading bar never finishes and if I try to close it or anything else, it'll freeze up all over again.
What should I do? I had to go into Safe Mode to be able to make an account here and type this up. I've already uninstalled some stuff, even though I barely have anything occupying a lot of space to begin with. I certainly didn't download anything malicious, as the day before it started lagging, it worked absolutely fine and haven't downloaded anything from then on.
Drivers/Hardware :: Data Hard Drive In PC (762 GB Free Of 763 GB)
Sep 4, 2015I got this PC yesterday and have noticed that there is a random empty drive in This PC. It says "762 GB free of 763 GB."
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Clean Install Will Free Up C Drive Storage Space?
Aug 3, 2015I recently upgraded my Windows 7 laptop to Win10. However, before I did the upgrade, I did a clean factory install of Win7, kept installing Automatic Updates until I get the option to Upgrade to Win10.
I have a 500gb HDD, that is partitioned in to two, C: for OS and D: for Local Disk (storage), currently the C: drive is 58.5gb, of which I have 13.5gb left, this is with having only Windows 10 installed AND Printer Driver and Software.
Is there any benefit of creating the Windows 10 media disk, reformatting with this Win10 disk, and getting rid of any of the rubbish that might of been installed in the process of doing a clean install of Win7.
OR re partitioning the Drive, so I can steal some of the storage from D: and give it to C: . I have 397GB of unused space on D:
I also just noticed, it states I have a Partition called RECOVERY, however, I don't seem to have this on My Computer view.
How To Check That PC Is Running Smooth And Free Of Any Type Of Instabilities
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(1) Would this imbalance affect any of my PC files, or performance of any kind?
(2) How to check that my PC is running smooth and free of any type of instabilities?
Hard Disk Suddenly Shows 100GB More Free Space?
Sep 4, 2015I've recently upgraded to windows 10 home version from windows 8.1 . My hard disk space before the upgrade was around 50GB. After the upgrade it was reduced to around 32 GB. I figured it was just because windows was storing some of the older files temporarily to allow for a rollback.
Today, i started my PC after it got shut down due to low power, the hard disk is suddenly showing 130 GB free space. All programs seem to be in place working fine. I just couldn't figure out where the additional space came from.
Drivers/Hardware :: Seagate Free Agent Backup Drive Not Working
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Is this a compatibility issue with Windows 10, or am I missing something?
Disk Is Not Bootable
Jan 29, 2016I have a folder structure (see below) that is created after upgrade from W7 to W10. In my previous question a day ago it was confirmed that it could be used for creating W10 installation media. So I don't want to repeat how it was created. It was created automatically and it is 3GB in size.
My question: I burned files and folders to DVD using native W10 burn files to disk method. The disk is not bootable. The structure on the root of the disk is exact as in Windows folder on the pic. Did I miss the option for making it bootable? Or it should be bootable just by burning the content to DVD?
How To Create A Bootable DVD
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View 1 RepliesBootable File Manager
Jul 28, 2015is there any bootable file manager out there because I want to do the following things before installing Windows.
1. Format my C: drive with Windows 7.1
2. Move contents from my F: drive to C:
3. Install Windows 10 of F:
This is basically because F: is my old hard disk and I want to install Windows on it.
Create Bootable USB From Another Computer?
Jan 3, 2016Had tried to update the BIOS on my son's Alienware Aurora R4 so that we could install an upgraded graphics card (980 Ti).
Used the Dell Support site - and was upgrading from Bios 7 to Bios 9 - would eventually go up to current version 11 before swapping GPU.
Followed all the steps on the Dell site - but afterwards - it acts like my hard drive has died (doubting this - have fairly new Samsung 512GB SSD as the only hard drive).
Computer boots into Bios now - but says "inaccessible boot device". My son had done the update from Windows 8 that came on the machine to Windows 10 - but apparently did not create a boot disk or USB drive.
Can I create a "generic" bootable USB on another computer - WITHOUT REINSTALLING WINDOWS? I do not want to lose info/settings on his machine if at all possible.
Waiting on Alienware Tech support to respond - machine is about 2.5 years old and out of warranty
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