Windows 10: Threads on Pro's & Con's re: Upgrading to Windows 10

Discus and support Threads on Pro's & Con's re: Upgrading to Windows 10 in Windows 10 Support to solve the problem; A hard drive sitting on a shelf is not fully installed. In fact, it isn't installed at all. As I said, it's a gray area. *I* would say that if the... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Support' started by thricipio, Jul 17, 2016.

  1. Mystere Win User

    Threads on Pro's & Con's re: Upgrading to Windows 10


    As I said, it's a gray area. *I* would say that if the drive is bootable, it's installed to that drive. If it's a backup, it's not bootable (other than to boot to a PE environment to do the restore). However, I don't know what Microsoft would say.
     
    Mystere, Jul 17, 2016
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  2. thricipio Win User

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    Thanks for that perspective ····· bolsters my confidence in my plan.
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    thricipio, Apr 4, 2018
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