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How to reinstall Windows 10
08-02-2015 02:49 AM

Hi,
I have a laptop with Windows 8 in the factory image.
I installed Windows 10 but had some issue with 3rd party softwares.
It's a general question, not related to a laptop model.
How to reinstall Windows 10 ? Do I need to put back the factory image ? It's seems the Windows 10 upgrade works only with Windows 8.1
With the factory image, the steps will be:
-Restore the factory image
-Install all windows update in Windows 8.0 to get the Windows 8.1 update
-update drivers
-Install Windows 8.1
-Install all windows 8.1 update to get Windows 10
-Install Windows 10
It's seems to be a very long process.
What's the recommended way to reinstall Windows 10 ?
Thanks
08-02-2015 03:07 AM - edited 08-02-2015 03:08 AM

08-02-2015 04:28 AM

In order to install and have it self activate when online, you have to have previously activated copy of Windows Vista, 7, 8 or 8.1 installed to perform an upgrade to Windows 10.
Installing a clean copy of Windows 10 will require a seperately purchased license.
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08-02-2015 04:36 AM - edited 08-02-2015 04:36 AM

After upgrade from Win 7 or 8 and activation, it is possible to do Win 10 clean install. Just skip serial number as activation take place automatically by using hardware information.
08-02-2015 10:13 PM

I don't want to do a clean. I don't want to install every driver.
Is it possible to upgrade the Windows 8 factory image (not 8.1) directly to Windows 10, keeping all drivers ?
There is 144 important update in Windows 8, only to have access to Windows 8.1 installation page in Windows store.
I don't want to take one week to install Windows 10
08-03-2015 12:34 AM

You will have to do the updates to Windows 8 before upgrading.
Once that is done you can use the following link to upgrade your OS to Windows 10 by using the media creation tool.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10
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04-13-2017 09:25 AM

@Joachim123 wrote:" Installing a clean copy of Windows 10 will require a seperately purchased license. "
I assume that includes the Windows 10 license that comes with Windows 10 preinstalled HP PCs?
You are making an incorrect assumption. Read the previous posts a bit more carefully. The original author's PC is not one that had preinstalled Windows 10, so that has nothing to do with it.
Are you perhaps thinking out loud? .
This is a thread authored by a person who is asking questions related to the options that are available to him.
I am not an HP Employee.
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