Windows 10 installation

[JustAGamer325]

Hi everyone!

 

I am currently upgarding to a gaming desktop from my laptop which has Windows 8.1 installed. I didn't bother to upgrade and I was wondering if there is a way to install Windows 10 on my new PC instead of upgrading my laptop.

 

Cheers!

[ubuntu-guru]

If you don't have a disk for Win10; you can download the ISO on another machine from https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

Then find a USB thumb drive that is an 8GB, and download https://rufus.ie/

(If you don't have a thumb drive, you can get one from a store like walmart for $10 or so for 8GB. They are extremely cheap these days).

 

Open Rufus, select the downloaded ISO, and it will make a bootable USB device that you will be able to plug into your desktop, and boot from when you boot up the machine. From there you can do the install.

[Eighjan]

4 minutes ago, oort said:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

That ^^^ allows you to make a bootable USB w/o the need for rufus...

[Master Disaster]

10 minutes ago, Eighjan said:

That ^^^ allows you to make a bootable USB w/o the need for rufus...

Only from Windows, if you go to that site on Linux, macOS, iOS or Android you only get the option to download an ISO.

[Eighjan]

2 minutes ago, Master Disaster said:

Only from Windows, if you go to that site on Linux, macOS, iOS or Android you only get the option to download an ISO.

Should still allow a Win8.1 machine to make a bootable USB