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Discus and support Windows 10 upgrade on windows 8 laptop NOT WORKING in Windows 10 Updates and Activation to solve the problem; Note: the tutorials include pictures. You're free to look for youtube videos if you can find something that helps you. You have a difficult... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Updates and Activation' started by MattOwen, May 28, 2017.

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    Windows 10 upgrade on windows 8 laptop NOT WORKING


    Note: the tutorials include pictures. You're free to look for youtube videos if you can find something that helps you.

    You have a difficult situation to deal with. A failed upgrade. I will repeat one more time instructions based on a clean install.
    On that basis forget Win 8, unless perhaps you have a recovery partition and use that and then try a manual upgrade to activate Windows. That would be the only way if you have an OEM license.

    However:
    Licensing.
    You have a significant potential problem about licensing. You have not activated Win 10, and it's outside the official period to get a free upgrade. However, some people find they can still upgrade. Whether you would be able to activate Win 10 successfully now using an existing RETAIL license I can't tell you for certain.

    Again - Do you have an OEM license or a retail license? An OEM license would typically be on a sticker on the bottom of a laptop - it would have come with a bought PC. A retail license you would have paid for separately.

    Whilst you may be able to install Win 10 there is no guarantee you can activate it.

    Does your PC have a manufacturer's recovery partition?

    Please answer the above before proceeding beyond step (1) and (2) below.

    Clean install of Win 10
    Here's how to do a clean install:
    1. Get the ISO file
    Download Windows 10 ISO File Windows 10 Installation Upgrade Tutorials
    2. Create a bootable disk or DVD
    Create Bootable USB Flash Drive to Install Windows 10 Windows 10 Installation Upgrade Tutorials
    (or use a DVD)
    3. Do the installation
    Clean Install Windows 10 Windows 10 Installation Upgrade Tutorials
     
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