Windows 10

[The Ghost]

Will I need to have to activate Win10 after the free upgrade or not?

And how can I 100% duplicate my HDD to an other one so I have a backup if the upgrade goes south? Just put both HDDs in, boot with Ubuntu and copy everything over or what?

[joshmcd]

I made a clone of my hdd before but I can't remember what software I used. I will try to get back to you on that.

[Godlygamer23]

You can use the included backup utility to create a system image of your system. No, you will not need to activate Windows 10 - it should already be activated once the upgrade process is completed.

[niqxsh]

Will I need to have to activate Win10 after the free upgrade or not?

And how can I 100% duplicate my HDD to an other one so I have a backup if the upgrade goes south? Just put both HDDs in, boot with Ubuntu and copy everything over or what?

You can use CloneZilla. It's based on Debian and works wonders with Windows, Linux and Mac OSX.

[JefferyD90]

Did you not do the Windows 8.1 update?

[The Ghost]

Thanks for the replies, will check the suggestions out.

Did you not do the Windows 8.1 update?

I'm still on W7, why do you ask?

[shypin]

if you use the GWX thing then you wont need to activate

if you are using an iso then you do

[Speedbird]

Will I need to have to activate Win10 after the free upgrade or not?

And how can I 100% duplicate my HDD to an other one so I have a backup if the upgrade goes south? Just put both HDDs in, boot with Ubuntu and copy everything over or what?

When you do the upgrade using GWX, the HWID of the computer is  sent to Microsoft servers, allowing the Windows to be activated with a generic key. The generic key is applied automatically during Setup when one skips the Product Key input. When one does a clean install, one could skip the product key input again and activate.

 

For the HDD clone you can use CloneZilla to make a block-level duplicate.

[The Ghost]

Thanks people

 

Just a question, do any of you want to witness my total overkill PC's specks?

[JefferyD90]

the window 10 update is going to work just like the Windows 8.1 update.

Thanks for the replies, will check the suggestions out.
I'm still on W7, why do you ask?

[The Ghost]

I have a problem. I'm doing the free upgrade from Windows 7, and the files are fully downloaded, I think, but Windows Update told me "you've got an update", so I clicked shut down and install updates.

Now, for almost quarter of an hour, probably, it's sitting on installing update 1 of 1...

What do I do???

Should I take out the CAT5 cable?