Windows 10: Panicking. Had to reinstall 8 after reserving windows 10 upgrade

Hey all

I reserved my free windows 10 upgrade then my computer crashed and I had to reinstall windows 8. Will I still get the free upgrade?

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Windows 10 reserved and later windows reinstalled

I had reserved my windows 10 for my windows 7 Ultimate version but after one week due to a houdini backdoor activity had to format and reinstall. Now after doing all updates i dont have the windows reserve icon coming.

Is my windows 10 already reserved or do i have to do something to reserve it again. Note: windows 10 upgrade icon is no longer there after the new windows SP1 was installed and updated to the fullest.

 

Download Windows 10 but not install it? Also Windows 8

Hello

I have received upgrade to Windows 10 on my W7 and W8.1 laptop. I reserved copies for these computers. I would like to know if once the files are downloaded and July 29, 2015 comes along, if I am forced to install the Windows 10? I may not wish to install
the upgrade immediately, but I do not wish to loose out on my upgrades.

Secondly my third computer has Windows 8 reinstalled after running the Windows 10 Preview and the dual boot go messed up. Had to reinstall W8. How do I get a Windows reservation for it?

Thanks for any assistance

Glenn

 

Don't panic but you will have to reinstall updates you had done previously and the GWX [Get Windows 10/X] will be one of them. Just do the reservation again. When you did the reinstall you probably wiped out coding that identified that you can get Win10.

 

Berton, Thank You very much i am very relived i thought i just cost my self 199$.

 

So why did your computer crash?
Inquiring minds now want to know.

 

There seems to be some misconception that you have to reserve the free upgrade before July 29th. That's not true. You can get the upgrade any time in the next year. The *ONLY* reason to do the reservation is if you want to get the update installed on July 29th automatically. You can do the upgrade whenever you like without a reservation.

 

The other reason to reserve is to authorize MS / Windows Update to stage download the bits of Win10 before 29 July. That phase of the update probably won't begin until mid-July after the OEMs run through the RTM candidate.

I uninstalled the two KBs for GWX since I plan on waiting to upgrade my machines.
See: Get Windows 10 Icon - Remove from Taskbar in Windows 7 and 8.1 - Windows 10 Forums

 

That's what happens with the automatic upgrade. So, that's really the same reason.. not another one *Wink