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Windows : Upgrade or Clean install?

If your answer is Clean install, can i know how?.. Cause i can install Windows 10 upgrade in like 30 minutes.. I know i have upgrade first so i could do Clean install i just don't know how... 

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Windows : Upgrade or Clean install?

If your answer is Clean install, can i know how?.. Cause i can install Windows 10 upgrade in like 30 minutes.. I know i have upgrade first so i could do Clean install i just don't know how... 

If you clean install, you will have to pay for windows 10.

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Windows : Upgrade or Clean install?

If your answer is Clean install, can i know how?.. Cause i can install Windows 10 upgrade in like 30 minutes.. I know i have upgrade first so i could do Clean install i just don't know how... 

My mistake, I think you can download the ISO file here, or you can upgrade and reset windows.

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

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My mistake, I think you can download the ISO file here, or you can upgrade and reset windows.

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

Clean install = i can't save my local D Disk?

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Upgrade first.

 

Clean Install then.

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CLEAN INSTALL

 

Many customers of mine have had issues with win 10 since an UPGRADE, (still few issues with clean but better)

after upgrade how to clean install? do i just download files of Win 10 and start installing it like any other OS?

And will it ask me for Key? (Serial number)

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I personally had only 1 software issue when upgrading to Win10.

 

If you want to do a clean install but do not want to pay for Win10, simply reformat your rig with Windows 8 / 8.1, then upgrade to Win10.

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I personally had only 1 software issue when upgrading to Win10.

 

If you want to do a clean install but do not want to pay for Win10, simply reformat your rig with Windows 8 / 8.1, then upgrade to Win10.

that is not clean install...

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that is not clean install...

Go buy a copy of Win10 then.

 

Doing a fresh install of Win8, then doing an upgrade is the free way to do it, and avoids software issues.

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after upgrade how to clean install? do i just download files of Win 10 and start installing it like any other OS?

And will it ask me for Key? (Serial number)

Once you upgraded to Windows 10, they key will be attached to your Microsoft account. This is one way.

While performing OS installation, It'll ask the key for 2 times, At the time of installation and at the time of setting up profiles and preferences.

I ignored both of them and just used Local account instead of Microsoft account. And then I connected Internet. It didn't even asked me for the key. It fetched the key from motherboard. 

 

Use http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10 this link to download the correct Windows ISO and You can use it for the upgrade as well as Clean installation.

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Windows : Upgrade or Clean install?

If your answer is Clean install, can i know how?.. Cause i can install Windows 10 upgrade in like 30 minutes.. I know i have upgrade first so i could do Clean install i just don't know how... 

Check the guide in my signature.

Please spend as much time writing your question, as you want me to spend responding to it.  Take some time, and explain your issue, please!

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