How to get the Windows 10 Creators Update

I often recommend clean installation, which took me less than 20 minutes.

A matter of personal preference.

How large is this update? Talk of clean installing sounds pretty major...

Do you mean the size of the ISO file?

johngalt said:

2). Using an add-on to change the browser's user-agent to fool the Micro$oft servers into thinking that you are not on a Windows-based machine to directly download the .ISO

In Edge or IE you don't need an add-on. Use the F12 Developers Tools. In Emulation you can set it to look like Apple Safari (iPad).

Matthew Wai said:

Do you mean the size of the ISO file?

I mean the size of the Creators Update, either ISO or through Windows Update. Does the upgrade via ISO or Windows Update go smooth? Just wondering why clean installing is being mentioned.

Kol12 said:

I mean the size of the Creators Update, either ISO or through Windows Update. Does the upgrade via ISO or Windows Update go smooth?

For 1511, 1607 and now 1703 I've always used the MCT to make the install media and upgraded manually. The download of the .iso (or USB) is over 4GB for 64-bit, a bit less for 32-bit. Through Windows Update you would be downloading a similar setup package, so the download size would be about the same.

Just wondering why clean installing is being mentioned

Personal preference, really. Some like to make a clean break at each new version. Others (like me) prefer a progressive upgrade from one version to the next. Downloading the .iso give you the option to do a clean install should an upgrade have issues - not that I've ever had any.

johngalt said:

It should

Do you mean 'It should have upgrade issues'?