Windows 10 is officialy launched across the globe and its awesome.From the arrival of start menu combined with live tiles to new dynamic look,from performance to security,its best windows ever,you will love it. Microsoft vision of running Windows 10 on 1 billion devices promises to upgrade to Windows 10 for free and stay free forever.But you have to reserve your copy of Windows.
This is what Terry Myerson, Microsoft’s Executive Vice President of Operating Systems said :
"This is more than a one-time upgrade: once a Windows device is upgraded to Windows 10, we will continue to keep it current for the supported lifetime of the device – at no cost. With Windows 10, the experience will evolve and get even better over time. We’ll deliver new features when they’re ready, not waiting for the next major release. We think of Windows as a Service – in fact, one could reasonably think of Windows in the next couple of years as one of the largest Internet services on the planet".
RAM: 1 gigabyte (GB) for 32-bit or 2 GB for 64-bit
Hard disk space: 16 GB for 32-bit OS 20 GB for 64-bit OS
Graphics card:DirectX 9 or later with WDDM 1.0 driver
Display:800x600
Windows App Troubleshooter
If upgrading with Windows App doesn't work,Download "Media Creation Tool" which will allow you to manually upgrade your OS .It has two options: "Upgrade this PC and "Create installation media for another PC"
Here is a link to download Media Creation tool which is 17 MB in size .
Windows 10 Media Creation Tool
After running this tool,choose how you want to install Windows 10 .
1 -"Upgrade this PC now" will start downloading the setup files and after completion will ask you to run the setup.This doesn't need flash drive or DVD ,it will begin downloading installation files straight away.
2- "Create installation media for another PC" will ask you to choose which Edition you want to download like Windows 10 Home or Windows 10 Pro.This is second option if "upgrade this PC now" doesn't work for you.
Below is a picture which you can use to decide which edition you want to download.
You will be asked which media you want to use.
If using USB flash drive,remember to insert the USB flash drive into one of the USB port on computer if you can't see flash drive under setup,then click next and it will download and create Windows 10 installation media and you can run setup from it.
If using ISO file as a media,it will ask you to save the Windows 10 .iso file to your computer which could be save to any drive like C or D and setup will start downloading the .iso file.After that you have to mount that .iso file to USB flash drive or DVD .
Here is a link to mount an .iso file to USB. Install Windows with flash drive using iso .This is for Windows 7 iso.You just have to select the Windows 10 .iso and it will work.
This is what Terry Myerson, Microsoft’s Executive Vice President of Operating Systems said :
"This is more than a one-time upgrade: once a Windows device is upgraded to Windows 10, we will continue to keep it current for the supported lifetime of the device – at no cost. With Windows 10, the experience will evolve and get even better over time. We’ll deliver new features when they’re ready, not waiting for the next major release. We think of Windows as a Service – in fact, one could reasonably think of Windows in the next couple of years as one of the largest Internet services on the planet".
Who are eligible to upgrade ?
If you are running genuine Windows 7 (with service pack1)or Windows 8, 8.1,you can get it free of cost and it will be a full version of Windows 10 not just trial.But if your computer is running Windows Xp or Vista,you have to buy Windows 10,System requirements :
Processor :1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster processorRAM: 1 gigabyte (GB) for 32-bit or 2 GB for 64-bit
Hard disk space: 16 GB for 32-bit OS 20 GB for 64-bit OS
Graphics card:DirectX 9 or later with WDDM 1.0 driver
Display:800x600
In what time should i upgrade ?
Microsoft has announced that after its official release date which was 29 July 2015,you can upgrade within a year till 29 July 2016.After that you have to pay to get Windows 10 which means you have a full year to get Windows10.How to upgrade ?
There are two option available :1-Run the Windows 10 app
Upgrade to Windows 10 is easy,Update your existing Windows 7 or 8 OS,Updates will ensure that your OS is not lacking necessary files for example-service pack or other updates which are necessary to run Windows 10. Then it will download the Windows 10 app which will be visible in taskbar on completion. Run that app and reserve your copy of Windows, it will start downloading the installation files,these files are something around 3GB in size,when finished downloading,it will ask you to run the setup.Below is a screenshot of Windows 10 app after updating.
If you can't see Windows 10 app under taskbar after updating read this article:
Windows App Troubleshooter
2- Download Windows 10 Media Creation Tool .
If upgrading with Windows App doesn't work,Download "Media Creation Tool" which will allow you to manually upgrade your OS .It has two options: "Upgrade this PC and "Create installation media for another PC"
Here is a link to download Media Creation tool which is 17 MB in size .
Windows 10 Media Creation Tool
After running this tool,choose how you want to install Windows 10 .
1 -"Upgrade this PC now" will start downloading the setup files and after completion will ask you to run the setup.This doesn't need flash drive or DVD ,it will begin downloading installation files straight away.
2- "Create installation media for another PC" will ask you to choose which Edition you want to download like Windows 10 Home or Windows 10 Pro.This is second option if "upgrade this PC now" doesn't work for you.
Below is a picture which you can use to decide which edition you want to download.
You will be asked which media you want to use.
If using USB flash drive,remember to insert the USB flash drive into one of the USB port on computer if you can't see flash drive under setup,then click next and it will download and create Windows 10 installation media and you can run setup from it.
If using ISO file as a media,it will ask you to save the Windows 10 .iso file to your computer which could be save to any drive like C or D and setup will start downloading the .iso file.After that you have to mount that .iso file to USB flash drive or DVD .
Here is a link to mount an .iso file to USB. Install Windows with flash drive using iso .This is for Windows 7 iso.You just have to select the Windows 10 .iso and it will work.
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