Can't activate Windows 10. Tried everything.

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  1. Posts : 28
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       #11

    NavyLCDR said:
    Hey Hawkman, booting from his USB won't do him any good because he has never successfully upgraded to Windows 10 yet - just like he has never booted from his USB yet. Yes, he has to change his BIOS boot order to boot from the USB, but that won't do him any good at this point because he needs to get a successful upgrade first to activate Windows 10 and booting from the USB will do nothing more to accomplish that.

    To upgrade from a USB you plug in the USB while operating in the old operating system and just run setup.exe form it.
    Well if I successfully upgraded to 10, I would have 10. I have downloaded 10, many times, as you can see by my image, it gets fully downloaded but then doesn't activate. I dont use a SSD. And when trying to boot my USB, I do change my primary boot option to the USB.
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       #12

    hawkman said:
    Hi Navy,

    He said DOWNLOADED iso to USB , NOT an upgrade.

    As his comp boots straight to W8 its obviously picking up the HDD as the primary boot option.....
    which is why he needs to change his Bios

    Roy

    Got the date thing wrong im English
    Its not actually an activation problem its a download failure

    What is the error code from
    ControlPanel>admintools>EventViewer>Microsoft>windows>WindowsUpdate>6/8/15
    http://s15.postimg.org/8mkzamj8b/Untitled3.png

    I can get to EventViewer, but not sure where to go from there
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       #13

    Stannis said:
    Well if I successfully upgraded to 10, I would have 10.
    And since you haven't successfully upgraded to 10 - which is why there is no need for you to boot from the USB at this point in time until you do get a successful upgrade - then if you want a clean install of Windows 10 you will need to boot from the USB (or DVD).
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       #14

    NavyLCDR said:
    And since you haven't successfully upgraded to 10 - which is why there is no need for you to boot from the USB at this point in time until you do get a successful upgrade - then if you want a clean install of Windows 10 you will need to boot from the USB (or DVD).
    Ok so how do I get a successful upgrade then
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  5. Posts : 18,421
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       #15

    Stannis said:
    Ok so how do I get a successful upgrade then
    I posted how in posts #5 and #10. But, I think I might see your problem. You stated you saved the ISO to a USB. Did you just copy the iso file itself? If so, that is the problem. The iso file is just an image - like a zip file. You have to actually mount it or extract it to see the files inside the iso file.

    An easier option is to run the Windows Media Creation Tool and select one of the first options that comes up which is "Upgrade this PC now". If the upgrade fails, see post #5.
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       #16

    revised


    OK
    lets try this way,( setup log)
    see screenshot
    You need to scroll down to the first time the W10 install failed, its will give you an error code.

    Roy
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Can't activate Windows 10. Tried everything.-w10fail.png  
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  7. Posts : 28
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       #17

    NavyLCDR said:
    I posted how in posts #5 and #10. But, I think I might see your problem. You stated you saved the ISO to a USB. Did you just copy the iso file itself? If so, that is the problem. The iso file is just an image - like a zip file. You have to actually mount it or extract it to see the files inside the iso file.

    An easier option is to run the Windows Media Creation Tool and select one of the first options that comes up which is "Upgrade this PC now". If the upgrade fails, see post #5.
    No, I download the ISO, open it, and choose create new media for another pc. Then it asks me which device I want to save on, and I choose the USB.

    I've done the media creation tool upgrade this pc now thing like 10 times
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  8. Posts : 28
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       #18

    hawkman said:
    OK
    lets try this way,( setup log)
    see screenshot
    You need to scroll down to the first time the W10 install failed, its will give you an error code.

    Roy
    Well this is the first time, It was before I got the notification that my Windows 10 was ready, I just tried downloading it straight from microsoft.

    http://s3.postimg.org/pwfo4hlcz/Untitled6.png

    I have tons of different errors after this with different error codes
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  9. Posts : 28
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       #19

    NavyLCDR said:
    I would suggest making an image of your current Windows 8.1 using Macrium Reflect and saving it onto an external USB hard drive (it will probably be too big to fit on a USB memory stick). Use the Windows troubleshooter (built into Windows 8.1) to reset your windows 8.1 install - which will erase all your accounts and data - that's why you make the image first. Make sure the Windows 8.1 is activated. In Windows 8.1, insert the Windows 10 USB you created (don't boot from it), and run setup.exe from the USB.

    Something in your Windows 8.1 seems to have gotten corrupted during all the updates it's done since it's been installed and that's keeping it from upgrading. Once/if Windows 10 upgrades, you can load Macrium Reflect again, mount the image file you created, and retrieve your data. Or if Windows 10 upgrade fails, you can do a full restore from the image you created and be right back where you started.
    What do you mean make an image of it? (Sorry I know I'm pretty slow with this stuff)

    Im not too concerned with keeping whats on my hard drive. Its a pretty new PC and I could put everything I want to keep on a USB easily.
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  10. Posts : 18,421
    Windows 11 Pro
       #20

    Stannis said:
    What do you mean make an image of it? (Sorry I know I'm pretty slow with this stuff)

    Im not too concerned with keeping whats on my hard drive. Its a pretty new PC and I could put everything I want to keep on a USB easily.
    If you can save everything you want to keep on a USB, then do that, you won't need to install Macrium Reflect and make an image. Then restore your Windows 8.1 to factory:
    ASUSTeK Computer Inc. -Support-

    You might not have an Asus computer, but the procedure should be the same. Then before any Windows Updates are installed, put in the USB drive containing Windows 10 and run Setup.exe from it.
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