08-14-2015, 10:01 PM (This post was last modified: 08-14-2015, 10:08 PM by Heydon2015.)
I don't have windows 10 on any media USB or dvd.... My hard rive appears to be wiped , I wish there was a way to format the hard drive without using windows recovery I looked on the hbcd is you kindly gave me but those tools couldn't find my hard drive .....things were a lot easier with the fdisk command in windows 98 lol
Compton with respect Brian (Britec) did say that :
Can I perform a clean install using the Free upgrade?
No, it will require that you are running a previous qualifying version and start the upgrade from within the qualifying version. You can initiate a clean install after completing the Upgrade. ....so I still need windows 8.1 to install windows ten and then to a clean install ....I do appreciate your help ( god I hope that doesn't sound condescending )
I do have a laptop which I can install windows 10 on or use ruckus to create a bootable windows 10 drive but will have to back up the hbcd on that computer as I'm running out of usb drives and don't have any blank cd or dvd's either , also I don't see how it would work condsidering my hard rive I supposed to be blocked ....... Sorry just a thought
Heydon that's right, you cannot perform a clean install without completing a free upgrade and activating that new windows 10 install first. If you try a fresh install without a free upgrade first, you won't be able to activate windows 10, because you won't a a valid Windows 10 licence key.
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08-14-2015, 10:31 PM (This post was last modified: 08-14-2015, 10:31 PM by Compton.)
that's funny Microsoft said you can do a clean once you took advantage of the free upgrade offer.? britec09
select “Install Now” once the Windows installer starts. When you reach a screen asking for your Windows 10 product key, click the Skip button. You won’t actually have a Windows 10 product
That's right Compton, you have to complete free upgrade and activate windows 10 before you can do a fresh install.
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08-14-2015, 10:58 PM (This post was last modified: 08-14-2015, 11:06 PM by Heydon2015.)
(08-14-2015, 10:50 PM)Britec Wrote: That's right Compton, you have to complete free upgrade and activate windows 10 before you can do a fresh install.
Thanks Compton , still don't know what to do as I think my windows 8.1 is corrupt somehow even though it appears part of it has been deleted of the computers hard drive , I try and reset my PC got to 45% and then flashed up the blue screen .....so I can come up with zero options .....
Britec, if I may ask do,you have any possible solutions to my problem? Be grateful if u could