The Free Windows 10 Will Support Unlimited Clean Installs

Maltesespace · 05 Jun 2015

So can you upgrade, roll back, then upgrade again as many times as you want, at least for the one year period?

Boozad · 05 Jun 2015

No, you can clean install W10 as many times as you need to once you've taken the upgrade offer and upgraded to W10. Nobody has any idea about a rollback process yet.

Wynona · 05 Jun 2015

Maltesespace said:

So can you upgrade, roll back, then upgrade again as many times as you want, at least for the one year period?

Dunno, Maltese. Why would you want to do that? We should be getting a couple or three more builds and by that time, we should know if we will keep Windows 10 or not.

Mustang · 06 Jun 2015

I can't see them not allowing roll back. They did it with 8 and 8.1, so why not 10?

What I want to know is whether a product key will be given with the upgrade file?

Or will MS recognize your machine and simply reload automatically after you've formatted HD for clean install?

CountMike · 06 Jun 2015

Well, release date is coming up fast, I expect MS to come clean about options, pricing, licenses and way to install W10 soon. We'll have up to a year to decide if and which offer to take them up on.
Without MS spelling it exactly and officially, nothing is certain. Anybody not certain about a switch to W10 can still try it various ways right now for free. I'm almost sure I'll do it in first year, it's just the question of how. Win 10 will be here for years to come so what's the rush ?

Cliff S · 06 Jun 2015

CountMike said:

Well, release date is coming up fast, I expect MS to come clean about options, pricing, licenses and way to install W10 soon. We'll have up to a year to decide if and which offer to take them up on.
Without MS spelling it exactly and officially, nothing is certain. Anybody not certain about a switch to W10 can still try it various ways right now for free. I'm almost sure I'll do it in first year, it's just the question of how. Win 10 will be here for years to come so what's the rush ?

I'll go with the upgrade on both my PC's right away. I can always do a clean install later if I need to. I'm pretty good about keeping my system clean(the (for me) safe manual way, not using tools) and I can clean up after the upgrade too.

Mustang · 06 Jun 2015

CountMike said:

Well, release date is coming up fast, I expect MS to come clean about options, pricing, licenses and way to install W10 soon. We'll have up to a year to decide if and which offer to take them up on.
Without MS spelling it exactly and officially, nothing is certain. Anybody not certain about a switch to W10 can still try it various ways right now for free. I'm almost sure I'll do it in first year, it's just the question of how. Win 10 will be here for years to come so what's the rush ?

That fairly well sums it up for me too.

I've got Win7 Ultimate retail version which cost over $400. And W8 and 8.1 OEM disks on separate machines, with 8 upgraded to 8.1. It's a case of which PC I want to put 10 on.

W8.1 doesn't work well on my flag ship machine as Intel don't support the mobo for W8 or 8.1. I'm yet to try W10 on it.

CountMike · 06 Jun 2015

Cliff S said:

I'll go with the upgrade on both my PC's right away. I can always do a clean install later if I need to. I'm pretty good about keeping my system clean(the (for me) safe manual way, not using tools) and I can clean up after the upgrade too.

I'm sure you can but judging by all the questions floating around some may push upgrade without understanding consequences.

Cliff S · 06 Jun 2015

That's true Mike, plus I already have countless upgrades and CI's(clean installs) behind me and I know what should be uninstalled/deleted before hand, or not installed after.

CountMike · 06 Jun 2015

I'm somewhat of a pack rat so I have all major versions of Windows since 3.1, even on diskettes and CD's but backed up as ISO although I my have lost some licenses due to upgrades.