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I am confused. I reserved the Win10 upgrade. And of course I am still in the upgrade queue since I clicked on the little Windows icon weeks ago.
But a couple of things I've gathered this evening from reading. First, it appears people can skip the queue all together by following instructions to force Windows Update to download the entire ISO all at one time. There are links online that explain how to do that using the cmd prompt.
Second, it appears people can simply clean install a fresh copy of Win10 from the USB media creation tool (without even doing an in place upgrade first). And if that is the case, why wait in the queue or even try to force Windows Update to complete the download? And if I am able to use the USB media to go straight from 7 to 10....does the installation automatically see that I have Win7 and continue with the installation with me just hitting the skip button (the first go around)....or would I need to enter my Win7 Home product key?
I am in the process right now (I think) of creating the installable Win10 using that creation tool. So it appears I can simply use this to go straight from my Win7 Home install to a clean Win10 install. Is that right? I don't want to mess anything up as far as the upgrade process and just want to be sure about this!
Thanks.
Update: the media creation tool just finished and I have just over 3GB on by USB. I just tested it and I am able to boot the the USB to install Win10. But I backed out of it awaiting answers.