Windows 10: Upgrade install from W8.1.1 Pro X64 to W10 TP X64

I installed W10 TP as a VM under Oracle VB on two computers. 32 bit on one and 64 bit on the other. Both work very well and are reasonable quick as a VM.

I decided I wanted to run it direct, so did a Macrium backup of my Acer laptop then did an upgrade using a mounted 64 bit ISO image (no DVD, no flash drive). Worked perfectly. Took about an hour and a half from start to finish which was much longer that I had anticipated but the Acer laptop is no screamer:

AMD Athlon TF-20 1.6Ghz
4GB Ram
250GB 7200RPM SATA

Upgrade went without any problems at all.
Desktop stayed the same except for Windows Gadgets (8GadgetPack) not starting.
All programs still work.
Even the Quick Launch bar was maintained.
Classic Shell was also running so I killed it then deleted it so I can play with the new Start menu.
It did create a 14.8GB Windows.old which I will delete soon.

The first thing I would like to see is a way to turn off ALL Modern stuff. Having to go through and unpin all the Modern apps in both the left and right side of the Start Menu is a real PITA. I haven't done that yet but will soon.

During the first boot after install I was asked to setup a new account, which I did not want so I clicked Create new account then Use existing account and that was it, I was logged in with my original account.

It feels like W10 runs better (read faster) on my Acer laptop than W8.1.1 did.

Looking forward to updates with new features over the next few months.

:)

 

Upgrade to Windows 10 Home, version 1511, 10586 - Error 0x8024a206

BIG SURPRISE THIS MORNING - NO MORE ERRORS !!!

Tonight Sunday 15 nov 2015 about 03.00 hour I closed my Asus i7 X64 Desktop, after struggeling many days to upgrade from W10 Build 10240 to Windows 10 Pro, version 1511, 10586 - Error 0x8024a206

I scheduled for upgrade Sunday-morning at 10.30u WET

So after breakfast I went to look after precedings, and was surprised, that upgrade went automaticly without any fault or error message. Upgrade was already at 95% and ready in 10 minutes.

It seems MS has been working hard to solve upgrade problems ;-)



I own 4 COMP and 4 Windows Phones; Insider since jan 2015

Desktop 2013 with i7 256 GB Adata SSD with 4x8Gb = 32 GB was 10249 W10 x64 Pro now version 1511, 10586

Medion i3 Ultrabook x64 still with W8.1 as daily user

Medion P2214 Multitouch Hybtide W10 Home version 1511, 10586 (12 nov 2015 Upgraded from 10240)

Medion Old Dualcore former Vista Desktop made available to install W10 TP Insider Builds in Jan. 2015

Nokia Lumia 920 still WP 8.1 as daily user phone, changed to English UK, Cortana runs quite well

Nokia Lumia 635 WP 8.1

Nokia Lumia 520 Insider on TP Build 10581 able to run

Microsoft Lumia 640 Insider on TP Build 10581 =test Phone runs quite smooth

 

Windows 10 Clean Install

I was told that a W10 license would probably have to be purchased. I was running W8.1 Pro x64 and performed the auto update to W10 Pro x64 and I ended up having to do a clean install.

 

I did the W10 TP upgrade to a W7 Home Premium image that I restored to a spare SSD that I keep around for this kind of thing. I have been pleasantly surprised by how well all the software I had installed via W7 works in W10 also. After checking devices, it seems that Windows Update found all the drivers I needed. W10 seems to be a bit snappier on opening applications than both W7 and W8.1, although boot times aren't much different. I look forward to the future updates and being a part of developing what I believe will eventually be MS best OS yet.

 

I did an upgrade of an existing Win8.1 install that I "cloned" to the new disc and then updated. Was surprised that nearly everything carried over without problems -- including the Catalyst drivers. If this is how well the released version handles the same upgrade, I will be impressed.