Fresh Install vs Update

fdegrove said:

...Whichever way you chose, make sure you're system's healthy before you upgrade.

To which I'd add, make sure you take a system image before the upgrade. I always do (as insurance) but have never (yet) needed it. :)

eLPuSHeR said:

I am doing a clean install because I am going to take the GPT/UEFI route from current MBR. I concur with everything said so far, if your system is stable and okay then an update usually suffices.

You can do that without clean install, look up in tutorials. I did that despite changing almost whole computer. Old one was on legacy BIOS and new one on UEFI BIOS and M.2SSD.
As for clean installs, only once (last spring update), before that thru numerous Insider builds, it went from W7 > W8 > 8.1 and to W10 as insider, now on Skippy builds.

CountMike said:

You can do that without clean install, look up in tutorials. I did that despite changing almost whole computer. Old one was on legacy BIOS and new one on UEFI BIOS and M.2SSD.
As for clean installs, only once (last spring update), before that thru numerous Insider builds, it went from W7 > W8 > 8.1 and to W10 as insider, now on Skippy builds.

That has worked for some, but not for me, Count. There have been a few times when the newest Build just wouldn't work for a lot of us and a clean install fixed things right up.

When it comes time, I'll download the ISO to the "Spring" update and clean install. Updates haven't always worked with that either.