need help upgrading to windows 10

[foreverdank]

I have trash windows 8 and wnat to install windows 10. (got new computer used to have windows 10)

 

I am going to buy a new windows 10 key but I am wondering if I can upgrade the same way people upgraded for free( no hassle all data kept) for the 1 year Microsoft pushed windows 10 down everyones throat.

 

So is there a hidden windows button that pops up that window , but since its no longer free, all I need to do is input a key and it starts that process for me?

 

i did google but windows 10 is not a nice keyword to use while googling things 

[Electronics Wizardy]

You can upgrade to 10 for free still if you do some tricks https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/accessibility/windows10upgrade

[Magnoliance]

too slow

[Enderman]

1) you can still get windows for free in multiple ways:

http://www.howtogeek.com/272201/all-the-ways-you-can-still-get-windows-10-for-free/

 

2) you should not "upgrade" windows, you should do a clean install.

http://www.howtogeek.com/224342/how-to-clean-install-windows-10/

Otherwise you will most likely have a ton of issues and things will not work properly, and the only fix is to clean install.

[foreverdank]

32 minutes ago, Enderman said:

1) you can still get windows for free in multiple ways:

http://www.howtogeek.com/272201/all-the-ways-you-can-still-get-windows-10-for-free/

 

2) you should not "upgrade" windows, you should do a clean install.

http://www.howtogeek.com/224342/how-to-clean-install-windows-10/

Otherwise you will most likely have a ton of issues and things will not work properly, and the only fix is to clean install.

so you know for example if all i have is my firefox bookmarks and steam and league of legends and i previously did the upgrade with the exact same files without wiping everything i have no need to wipe everything right? i just wanna keep my files :)))

[Enderman]

2 minutes ago, foreverdank said:

so you know for example if all i have is my firefox bookmarks and steam and league of legends and i previously did the upgrade with the exact same files without wiping everything i have no need to wipe everything right? i just wanna keep my files :)))

Don't install windows 10 then because the upgrade will probably cause many issues.

The upgrade process is broken and barely works half the time.

You would end up having to do a clean install to fix all the problems a few weeks or months from now.

 

If you want to keep your files then set firefox to sync bookmarks on your account and copy paste documents/music/pictures to a temporary drive.

Stuff like programs and games will need to be reinstalled.