Since I can't actually upgrade from an activated and working Win 7 I suppose I'll stick with Win 7, I've tried several times. Microsoft should have stuck with XP which worked great. They have made this so ridiculously hard I'm surprised any "regular" users have been able to make it work and I wonder how many have. I'm good with hardware but the software end of things I'm not as good at. And when I get frustrated with BS I say the hell with it, not worth it.
There are many methods that you can use to upgrade
Here's a good place to start
Windows 10
You can initiate the upgrade off the web
You can use the Media Creation tool to upgrade
or use the Media Creation tool to download an ISO
or use the Media Creation tool to create install media
Which methods have you tried? GWX seems to have a higher failure rate than those above.
Last edited by Slartybart; 24 May 2016 at 22:02. Reason: forgot the Win10 link - thanks for posting the tut Brink ;)
What I'd like to do is download to a DVD but it doesn't show options for that, unless I'm missing something. As frustrated as I am I probably am missing something. I'm going to at least download the ISO file so I don't have to keep going through the download process. I can't get updates on my clean Win 7 install and the updates on the Win 10 install just go round and round.
Whenever possible I download the .iso file and use that to create the DVD, sometimes more than one. The .iso file is an exact image of the original disc and works great for installing. The disc is cheap at less than $0.29 each [I get the 100-piece package].I'm going to at least download the ISO file so I don't have to keep going through the download process
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