Windows 10: Win 10 recovery drive from laptop upgraded from Win 8.1

Discus and support Win 10 recovery drive from laptop upgraded from Win 8.1 in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; Hi, I did a free upgrade of my laptop to Win 10 Home from Win 8.1 3 years ago and would like to replace its HDD with a SSD. To do this, I used the... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by Chun P Yu, Jan 7, 2019.

  1. Chun P Yu Win User

    Win 10 recovery drive from laptop upgraded from Win 8.1


    Hi,


    I did a free upgrade of my laptop to Win 10 Home from Win 8.1 3 years ago and would like to replace its HDD with a SSD. To do this, I used the laptop to create a Recovery Drive on a USB stick so I can install Win 10 Home from the stick after installing the SSD.


    However, the Recovery Drive USB that was created installed Win 8.1 instead of Win 10 Home on the SSD. How can I create a Recovery Drive USB that installs Win 10 Home?


    Or are there other options to do a fresh install of Win 10 Home on the SSD that don't involve buying a new license of Win 10 Home?


    Thanks.

    :)
     
    Chun P Yu, Jan 7, 2019
    #1
  2. Keith_O Win User

    Upgrading from WIN 8 to Win 10

    hello,

    I have a desktop running Win 8

    Can anyone provide a step by step upgrade path/instructions to delete Win 8 and load/run Win 10..

    thanks
     
    Keith_O, Jan 7, 2019
    #2
  3. mpelosi3 Win User
    BSOD: Which recovery drive to use for laptop upgraded from Win 8.1 to Win 10

    My wife's ASUS laptop died yesterday as follows: unending message to the effect "repairing disk, please wait, etc" followed by BSOD with the "wait circle" icon on repeated startup attempts. The laptop was purchased with Win 8.1 and upgraded to Win 10 a month
    ago and worked perfectly until the end. She has no recovery drive.

    My daughter has an identical laptop running Win 8.1, and I have a newer Dell laptop running running Win 10.

    My question: will I be able to create a recovery drive from either of these 2 laptops to rescue the dead one? If so, which one should I use?
     
    mpelosi3, Jan 7, 2019
    #3
  4. Mossey49 Win User

    Win 10 recovery drive from laptop upgraded from Win 8.1

    Win 8 to Win 10 on Toshiba Laptop

    My Laptop came with pre installed win 8. My second laptop was running with a purchased licence for Win 8.1 WMC that second laptop crashed. So installed the 8.1 on the laptop that was running Win 8. I do not want to lose the option of switching the Win 8
    laptop back to it original licenced OEM licenced version and get the windows 10 upgrade but how is this possible. I have a NAS running Ubunto that I would like to switch to windows and could use the win 8.1 licence for that hardware and upgrade it to Win 10.
     
    Mossey49, Jan 7, 2019
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