installing W10 shortly after clean instal of W8.1 (no drivers/updates)

Hi,

in the past 4 years I've been running a laptop from msi with preinstalled win8.1 (its an msi GT72-2QD
with GTX 970M and i7-5700HQ, UEFI-BIOS). Today i decided to make a clean instal of Win8.1 using
an ISO from eightforums.com (TechBench by WZT):

Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 ISO - Download or Create | Page 34 | Windows 8 Help Forums


I started and finished the installation without an internet connection and i didnt instal any drivers or windows
updates yet/so far. But now im wondering if i now should make an update to win10 instead of setting
up/configuring the current Win8.1 installation.

My questions are:

*) Should i first install all available drivers and windows updates for this installation/machine and
then start the update process of Win10 ?

OR

*) Is it OK to start the W10 update process now (without any windows updates and updated drivers) from
within Windows 8.1 by starting the setup.exe from the DVD containing W10 build 2004?

thanks !

greets from Germany !

I would update to 20H2 then look for drivers.

Ya finding drivers for unknown devices on a laptop can be fun, but if the hardware came with the laptop, then you should find all your drivers at the manufacturers website.

The drivers for W8 should work for W10.

yes, i already updated the new W10 installation with all avaiable updates.
The problem is: there is (still) a long list of device drivers in "Optional Windows Updates".
And there is also an update available to Win 20H2 in this section.

I have no idea which driver is suitable for (compatible with) my machine... ..which one should i install or not.

I was looking for an automatic option which installs suitable drivers and in the meantime
i found a tutorial that explains that you'll need certain registry keys in the registry:

Enable or Disable Driver Updates in Windows Update in Windows 10

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable including driver updates in Windows Update in Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise, and Eduction edtions.

i guess this should solve my problems: i think/hope W10 will then automatically update/instal the suitable/compatible drivers for my system. Fortunately few months ago i also purchased a licence
of Win 10 Pro: now i hope i can simply upgrade to W10 Pro and windows will automatically install all compatible drivers.


But first i will update my current build 2004 to the latest version 20H2 and then update to W10 Pro.
I've already updated my second laptop from W10 home to W10 Pro few months ago.