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@VPrime

I think the "preparing" stage takes the longest.

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I use Rufus for linux bootable USB's, but Windows MediaCreationTool works great on its own.

Sounds like you're making progress though. Luckily you don't need to activate W10, but if you already have a Microshaft account you may be able to log in and have it activate after a few logins.

Unfortunately, I don't know if UEFI boot will work for the Windows 10 iso.  I only have Macs as my other computers, and I used a program called Etcher to make bootable isos, but no success thus far. Even in this Windows 7 iso, it's not letting me install it... 

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14 minutes ago, VPrime said:

Unfortunately, I don't know if UEFI boot will work for the Windows 10 iso.  I only have Macs as my other computers, and I used a program called Etcher to make bootable isos, but no success thus far. Even in this Windows 7 iso, it's not letting me install it... 

It should. If you use the media creation tool from Microsoft (its a download from their website) it will boot either environment.

 

http://www.windowscentral.com/how-create-windows-10-installer-usb-drive-mac

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25 minutes ago, asand1 said:

It should. If you use the media creation tool from Microsoft (its a download from their website) it will boot either environment.

 

http://www.windowscentral.com/how-create-windows-10-installer-usb-drive-mac

Thanks for helping out here, mate!  I can't tell you the results yet, but I'm going to go that Bootcamp route.  I should be able to finish it up for this weekend if I play my card right...

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Hope it works out. Post here and quote me please.

1 minute ago, VPrime said:

Thanks for helping out here, mate!  I can't tell you the results yet, but I'm going to go that Bootcamp route.  I should be able to finish it up for this weekend if I play my card right...

 

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@VPrime

If you have a M8 with a Winblows machine maybe have him/her use Media Creation Tool as a last resort.

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6 minutes ago, asand1 said:

@VPrime

If you have a M8 with a Winblows machine maybe have him/her use Media Creation Tool as a last resort.

Well I got it to boot up successfully after that... only now it's not accepting my VALID Windows 10 Student Edition key.  Oh brother... come on Microsoft!

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Well I got it to boot up successfully after that... only now it's not accepting my VALID Windows 10 Student Edition key.  Oh brother... come on Microsoft!

@asand1 It seems that a GPT partition scheme of sorts and saying "I don't have a product key" got me through the initial muck...

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Yeah I always use "I don't have a product key", because I don't have one. I used a loop hole early on using the insiders program and a generic code to "upgrade from linux to W10. You can install it and then go into settings and "change product key". 

 

Right click the Window start button and select "System" and then select the blue "change product key" on the right.

 

 

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2 minutes ago, asand1 said:

Yeah I always use "I don't have a product key", because I don't have one. I used a loop hole early on using the insiders program and a generic code to "upgrade from linux to W10. You can install it and then go into settings and "change product key". 

 

Right click the Window start button and select "System" and then select the blue "change product key" on the right.

 

 

so what does that do?  Free Windows 10?  

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13 minutes ago, VPrime said:

@asand1 It seems that a GPT partition scheme of sorts and saying "I don't have a product key" got me through the initial muck...

@VPrime

The windows insider was a beta testing program a while back, and the route I went allowed installing Free W10 regardless of previous OS. It was only available for a couple of months. It allowed beta testers to upgrade from Vista and XP. By using the generic key code and then installing a certain update I was able to have a free activated copy of W10.

 

The "change product key" allows you to apply your product key AFTER you install.

 

In reality you don't ever need to activate anyway. It'll work the same aside from not being able to right-click you desktop and change your desktop background, but you can still change it by right clicking an image in your photo folder. And I think remote access is not available or something like that. pretty trivial stuff IMO.

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1 minute ago, asand1 said:

The windows insider was a beta testing program a while back, and the route I went allowed installing Free W10 regardless of previous OS. It was only available for a couple of months.

 

The "change product key" allows you to apply your product key AFTER you install.

 

In reality you don't ever need to activate anyway. It'll work the same aside from not being able to right-click you desktop and change your desktop background, but you can still change it by right clicking an image in your photo folder. And I think remote access is not available or something like that. pretty trivial stuff IMO.

How long will this "Preparing for upgrade" be stuck at 100% complete?  It seems like its taking a while to transition to Windows 10 Student...

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3 minutes ago, VPrime said:

How long will this "Preparing for upgrade" be stuck at 100% complete?  It seems like its taking a while to transition to Windows 10 Student...

IDK, Depends on your hardware I guess. The whole process only takes 20-30 minutes I think. Alot faster than XP, which is my only other experience with Windows. It will blackscreen a few times too. Just be patient.

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@VPrime

I think the "preparing" stage takes the longest.

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6 hours ago, asand1 said:

@VPrime

I think the "preparing" stage takes the longest.

HOLY CRAP.  Everything worked!  Now I just need to wait for some money from selling my college books back to people on amazon to get enough money for a 1050Ti... and one of those ASUS WLAN PCIe adapters that supports Windows 10.  And maybe a Bluetooth card as well.

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Awesome.

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10 hours ago, asand1 said:

Awesome.

Thanks, mate.  Now I just need a still/video camera and an external mic, professional video editing software, professional photo editors... ouch.  Maybe later down the road the 3770K, 16GB of 1600MHz RAM, and maybe a GTX 1070.  Would 550W support all that?  The Power supply calculators online aren't very representative of my hardware setup...

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Thanks, mate.  Now I just need a still/video camera and an external mic, professional video editing software, professional photo editors... ouch.  Maybe later down the road the 3770K, 16GB of 1600MHz RAM, and maybe a GTX 1070.  Would 550W support all that?  The Power supply calculators online aren't very representative of my hardware setup...

I hope so, I just bpught a new Seasonic 550W for my Xeon 5680 and GTX 960. 550W should be plenty for a single card, especially a newer high efficiency card like the 10 series.

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While its not professional, I have used Openshot and It works pretty good. And it free.

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