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[Urgent!] Can I install Windows 10 (via ISO) on to my laptop WITHOUT losing any data?

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well the only way to do the upgrade which will preserver your files is to start the setup within your old windows. since that doesnt boot - no you will have to format the HDD for that.

a way would be to boot the win8 disk, repair the installed system and then upgrade from within that.

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Its like 1AM here, but I'm damn near having a heart attack.

 

After trying to install Win10 on my Win 8.1 laptop, I kept getting the error "Windows cannot install on a USB drive" or something weird like that. After trying to diagnose the issue, I decided reboot my laptop, and now its giving me a boot error (I'm downstairs now so I can't give you the exact error message". I went online and read stuff like "reinstall Win 8.1" and all, which I can simply not do! I have a lot of important files on my laptop.  

  

So, I'm thinking about creating an ISO for Win10 and trying to install it straight up instead of repairing/reinstalling Win 8.1. The question is, can I install Win 10 on my laptop from a bootable ISO and not have to delete everything?!  

  

Thanks in advance.

 

 

 

 

EDIT: The error was: Boot configuration data file is missing some required info.

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well the only way to do the upgrade which will preserver your files is to start the setup within your old windows. since that doesnt boot - no you will have to format the HDD for that.

a way would be to boot the win8 disk, repair the installed system and then upgrade from within that.

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well the only way to do the upgrade which will preserver your files is to start the setup within your old windows. since that doesnt boot - no you will have to format the HDD for that.

a way would be to boot the win8 disk, repair the installed system and then upgrade from within that.

 

Ugh...

 

Thanks brother, I guess I'll first repair the old OS and continue on from there!

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well the only way to do the upgrade which will preserver your files is to start the setup within your old windows. since that doesnt boot - no you will have to format the HDD for that.

a way would be to boot the win8 disk, repair the installed system and then upgrade from within that.

Okay one more (noob) question: Should I download a Win8.1 ISO just make a repair disk?

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