Windows 10: is there a way to install clean

is there a way to set the downloaded upgrade file on a flash drive and use it to do a clean install? only option i see is schedule it for later or start the upgrade now

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Is there a way to perform a clean install of Windows 10 Pro on a computer that originally shipped with Windows 10 Home?

I get the same result as No Not - your suggestion results in a clean Windows 10
Home edition...which requires yet another upgrade to Windows 10 Pro.

I don't mind performing the clean install, I just want it to be Windows 10 Pro when the clean install completes...WITHOUT having to perform a subsequent upgrade.

To clarify:

Is there some other way to perform a clean install of Windows 10 Pro on this computer that originally shipped with Windows 10 Home
without having to perform a clean install of Windows 10 Home followed by
an upgrade to Windows 10 Pro?

 

Is there a way to perform a clean install of Windows 10 Pro on a computer that originally shipped with Windows 10 Home?

This results in a clean copy of Windows 10 Home. The requirement is an upgrade to Windows 10 Pro. This procedure does not address that point.

I too need to upgrade to Pro from Home. I tried an installation with a full version DVD installation of Pro. It results in the installation of Home.

How does one actually end up with Pro on the computer?

 

For automatic upgrades through Windows Update, no. But that's fine, because you MUST perform an in-place upgrade in order to get the free upgrade. You are free to clean install after the first required upgrade, which you can do by using the Media Creation Tool available on Microsofts website. You cannot clean install if you have not first upgraded, as the activation servers will not have your hardware profile associated with your old key.

 

Nor would it appear can you keep a dual boot system with the previous OS.

Then again, one thing I haven tried doing yet:

1) create an image copy of the existing os first
2) do the free update to c:
3) wipe the free update and then reinstall a clean version of windows 10
4) restore the prior OS version to a different drive

Sheesh.

 

if you want clean you will loose your sérial
just upgrade at first
save your sérial when win 10 activated
and you can install clean any other time

 

windows 10 won't activate


and i am conected to the internet
so then i tried the manual activate you can choose when it takes to long but it fails evry time i tought these upgrades came preactivated so why cant i activate mine?