Cannot upgrade Windows 8.x to Windows 10 (Setup won't start in laptop)

This MediaCreationToolx64.exe downloaded an .iso file for me. I downloaded this exe file from here :

Windows 10

Depending on what you want, you can use the MediaCreation tool in 2 ways:

- create a startable USB drive
- upgrade your existing computer

When creating the USB drive you will be asked which version(s) you would like to download
Make sure to choose "Both" (32 and 64)

Because of the extreme high volume of data being transferred over the last 2-3 weeks, downloading the image file does not always work well. Just use the MediaCreation tool again if the first image failed

Good luck

@Harpet, mate i tried to download the .iso from that tool twice. Even i have an ISO image of Windows 10 All in One 32/64bit, which is working fine in Virtual Machine on one of my laptop. But when i am trying to run the setup inside window from any of these .iso files in my laptop1 or laptop2. I get the same error "This 32-bit version of Windows cannot be installed to an EFI-based computer. Installation cannot proceed. Use a 64-bit version of Windows to install to an EFI-based computer."

Strange thing is, if i use the same .iso images on my Desktop Computer then setup runs without any problem. I am sure that it will work on laptop if i start windows setup by booting via USB disk. But it will force me to install a fresh copy, instead of upgrading. I tried to upgrade via Booting with USB disk but it says i need to remove Windows Installation Media Disk and boot the computer with my already installed windows (windows8) and run the setup from there using "setup.exe" file.

I am stucked with this thing. Even if i use "Upgrade this PC" option from MediaCreationTool. I cannot think of any guarantee that the setup will launch after download complete. Because my laptops assuming the setup is 32bit. I can assure that i downloaded 64bit versions

Not sure why that could have happened. I've actually come across that issue before while using the tool Microsoft provides. An easy fix for me was downloading official ISO files directly from Microsoft. You can bypass the USB Download tool and download ISO files directly from the Microsoft site though it isn't easy to find the link to the page that lets you do so.

Here is the link to a page where you can download ISOs instead on the Microsoft website. The download URLs expire 24 hours after they are generated though, so be sure to download them within that time.

Let me know if it helps! :)

@Crashbash111, bud i will try that new link too. It seems like that's something different. But can you tell me or attach a screenshot of list of files that a 64bit windows 10 image contains? Maybe a list of files from isoimage / efi / boot / too? I can see only bootia32.efi in this folder.

Thanks!

Man, i've started to download that yellow thingy now. I just crossed my fingers because i already downloaded upto 11gigs of crap isos, which is not useful for any of my laptops. Lets see where this new download of 3gigs gonna stab me on.

Sure thing, here is my Windows 10 ISO

I also created a file tree of all the contents of the disk file and saved it in a notepad document. You can view that here

WindowsUser said:

Maybe a list of files from isoimage / efi / boot / too? I can see only bootia32.efi in this folder.

32-bit

\efi\boot\bootia32.efi

64-bit

\efi\boot\bootx64.efi