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Yes but why so much trouble with the DVD ? why was I getting that error, didn't get it when installing 10-N from a DVD curiously enough
A pen is better though, as you say faster and can hold 32 &. 64 bit versions...using an 8gb pen so should be ok.....
Have been told that using the 'N' version is better for older computers.....don't know f that's true or not...
but can never use a 'N' version unless have a 7 or 8 'N' version which is unlikely.....
I don't know why you get that error using a DVD, only that its a common error when you do install from a DVD? I would think the driver you need is the SATA driver, unless your DVD is on IDE?
I don't think it matters, N or normal, on old hardware. N is just missing some stuff. You can't upgrade to 10 N if the qualifying OS isn't the N version. There is nothing stopping you from buying the N version stand alone though. Not as far as I know anyway.
So the 'N' version was the issue, installed normal Windows 10 pro and activated immediately..installed using USB boot....also clean installed Windows 10 home on my Wifes PC ( finally convinced her to move up from Vista.....) but used the DVD for that install without issues....so all swell that ends well and something else learnt...
thanks everyone
Last edited by reddwarf4ever; 03 Apr 2016 at 12:17.
You can do a clean install on ANY system, whatever the OS, so long as you have a valid Windows 7,8 or 8.1 product key, that has not previously been used for a Windows 10 upgrade.....didn't used to be this way, but MS changed the rules, for the better, unbelievably.....just did clean install on a PC with Vista with a Windows 7 product key...although it can be added later with a CMD line...
As long as it's not a Windows 7 OEM-SLP key, it should be doable. Some people have used a key finder on the an installed Windows 7 OS and got that key. Those keys are refused if entered manually on a clean install. You can upgrade from an OS using them, but not clean install with them. To clean install 10 with a Windows 7 key it needs to be Retail or OEM-COA (from the COA sticker on an OEM PC).