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Why doesn't Microsoft allow a clean Windows 10 install?
I'm confused. From what I am told, the validation of a Windows installation is stored in a PC's bios. By this fact, would not any windows installed on that PC, be allowed by virtue of it checking the validation from the bios? If so, then why is Microsoft forcing an upgrade of the current os, before you can do a clean install in another partition? First, as every 10 upgrade I have tried, have all failed, with the wonderful informational message "your upgrade failed"!!
I would love to install a clean copy of 10 in a new partition with dual boot, bring this 10 up to date with everything I need for it to be my working os, and then remove the old 8.1. So would someone actually explain why Microsoft does not allow a free clean install that accesses the bios to confirm my PC is running a valid windows 8.1,?