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CladInShadows on 18 March 2015
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super6646 said:
CladInShadows said:
One thing I'm curious about. If we do the free upgrade, does that mean we have a fully copy of Windows 10, or do we just have the "upgrade" copy? I had a full copy of XP, with upgrade copies of Windows 7 and 8. But somewhere along the way, I lost my copy of XP. So now I have two upgrade OSs but no full OS in case I need to start from scratch again. Would be nice if I could just install Windows 10 from scratch without having to worry about keeping prior versions around.


You can either do a clean install or just a regular one. Since I have windows 8.1, I'll just do a normal upgrade path.

Yes, but as it works right now, you need to have an OS already on it before you can do a clean install. Technically, you can "upgrade" from any version of windows.  But it still needs to be there first.  Therefore, you will always need that serial number handy in case you get a completely new hard drive and/or computer.  I hope Windows 10 breaks that cycle.  

Just let me download an ISO so I can boot from it and install the OS.  No prior versions required.