How do I get windows^

maplevirus · June 8, 2018

I just got a laptop from a family member and I wanted to restore it to actually use it. I want to completely reboot it and get windows 10 on it, I've heard I can do this with an 8gb usb stick?

Windows7ge · June 8, 2018

Yep. Install a bootable windows-installer.ISO image onto the USB. My go to for making bootable thumb drives is Rufus but there's many other options.

Mira Yurizaki · June 8, 2018

Try the Media Creation Tool first, which can create a bootable USB: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

Otherwise, you can use the same tool to download the ISO and use another tool to make a bootable USB.

LogicalDrm · June 9, 2018

What OS laptop has now? If it isn't Win10 or has Win7/8/.1 and hasn't been registered to be Win10, you will need new key to use OS.

majmvp · June 10, 2018

Unfortunately your free upgrade ended december 31st 2017. Before you could just use a windows 7 install and get upgraded for free if you used "assistive technologies" which meant nothing. This was a way for microsoft to extend the free upgrade without breaking promises for their first free upgrade period.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/accessibility/windows10upgrade

Unfortunate.