Repair Install Windows 10 with an In-place Upgrade  

Thank you Navy Guy (never say old
the disk image backup is a good idea.

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steve108, thanks for the MR link. I am reading it now!

@challo1,
You can download the 2004/20H1 ISO from UUP dump

steve108, would it be better to install 2004 first and see if windows prompts me to upgrade to 20H1 later?

2004 and 20H1 are one and the same.

Microsoft changed the naming convention this time around from the long-standing yymm format (i.e. 1909 = September 2019, 2004 = April 2020), to the yy1st half/2nd half of the year format, so the "official" name of the current version is 20H2 (2020 2nd half).

OH! Thanks, didn't know that.

Actually, I really meant to ask - install 2004 first before installing 20H2.

20H2 is still pretty new and has some issues.

I would suggest waiting on it for a few weeks.

You can either stay where you are, upgrade to 2004, or upgrade to 20H2 down the road.

challo1 said:

OH! Thanks, didn't know that.

Actually, I really meant to ask - install 2004 first before installing 20H2.

I would stay with 2004/20H1 for a while unless there's some burning thing you want in 20H2. I'm sticking with 20H1 for now.

thank you both. Will do a backup and install 2004. Appreciate your suggestions and links.

Just so you know, using the Media Creation Tool from the Microsoft site will give you 20H2, not 2004.

You will need to get the 2004 ISO from either Heidoc or TechBench.

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TechBench by WZT (v4.1.1)

Article on both...

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thanks for that info! I had downloaded the Media Creation Tool and had planned on using it.
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