RTM question

BunnyJ said:

Gary,, you would have to dual boot and I don't think that's what he wants to do.

No he would not if he used a separate disk. But I could be wrong as I am on Win 7.

BunnyJ said:

Didn't lose a thing.
What I did was to get the ISO for 10240, put it on a separate HDD where I store my data, extract/unlock the ISO and run the setup while in Win8.1 and it performed the upgrade.

Check Microsoft News web site for the ISO. I've used them a number of times and they're a good source.

Oh gotcha, yea I have the iso already and will use power iso to mount and install then.

BunnyJ said:

Good.. like I said I upgraded over Win8.1 and I got the update yesterday so it seems to be a viable way to go right now.

So he can clean install over 8.1 and it will activate? If you do this make an image of 8.1 first.

BunnyJ said:

No.. you upgrade over 8.1 you don't clean install and it remains active when you "upgrade".

In the OP he said he wanted to Tinker with it. Most people do not tinker with an activated Windows 8.1.

Titan said:

I'm on 8.1 right now and downloaded the RTM build 10240. Can i install this to tinker and still get my free update when released?

First of all, it's far from certain that 10240 is the RTM. If you can find an ISO of 10240 that you feel like trusting, you can indeed use it to upgrade your 8.1 and tinker around. But first you'll want to make an image of your 8.1 system to put back on to catch the official upgrade - I'm pretty sure they are not accepting new members to the Insiders Program at this time (could be wrong - there is so much misinformation going around regarding all things Win10 that it's hard to know what's really the deal).

BunnyJ said:

It's up to the OP to decide what he wants to do with his system Gary. Pleas stop the arguing about this ok??

So no one can disagree with you or they are arguing. He has an ISO that is not From MS, and you want him to upgrade his Windows 8.1. I am not arguing just stating a safer way to go.