Windows 10: windows 8 to 10 upgrade

Discus and support windows 8 to 10 upgrade in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; I have windows 8 (not 8.1) on a laptop. I have ran updates till there are no more important updates. I want to upgrade to 10. I looked at the tutorial... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by copiman, May 10, 2016.

  1. copiman Win User

    windows 8 to 10 upgrade


    I have windows 8 (not 8.1) on a laptop. I have ran updates till there are no more important updates. I want to upgrade to 10. I looked at the tutorial (Windows 10 - Upgrade Installation - Windows 10 Forums[2]=Installation%20and%20Setup#step6) and it seems straight forward. Just want to make sure this will take me from 8 (not 8.1) to 10?

    :)
     
    copiman, May 10, 2016
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  2. Windows Defender won't start, error 0X80070246: "An error has occurred in the program during initialization"

    Yes, and I' ve done a lot more to try to fix this. I reinstalled at Recovery. I need an .iso for the latest build available and MSFT mistakenly witholds them for no good reason.
     
    Win 8 to 10, May 10, 2016
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  3. Windows Defender won't start, error 0X80070246: "An error has occurred in the program during initialization"

    Windows Defender Won't Start and Run

    1) Start and Restart are grayed out in services.msc

    2) I get Error Code 0X80070246: "An error has occurred in the program during initialization.

    3) I don't have any other antivirus. I consider two at once poor practice.

    None ot the other threads are any help and MSFT won't support this by phone without a bundle of money paid to them for shipping a broken product in the first place. I also think if you're providing feedback carefully for over a year in the Insider
    program, and the forums can't help you ought to be entitled to phone support when something is vexingly broken and you can't find a solution on the forums.


    Gabe could fix these problems by providing .isos for every build.

    Thanks for any help.

    Thanks for any help
     
    Win 8 to 10, May 10, 2016
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  4. BunnyJ New Member

    windows 8 to 10 upgrade

    I don't think you should have any problems. But first, make a backup image of your system to make sure you can restore your PC if there are any issues.
     
    BunnyJ, May 10, 2016
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  5. Berton Win User
    The System Requirements for the FREE Upgrade to Win10 includes having either Win8.1 or Win7 w/SP1 installed. Win8.0 could be updated to 8.1 free from the Windows Store, might check that. I tried to Upgrade 8.0 to Win10 and it failed big time so I first updated to 8.1 then installed any updates available and the Upgrade to Win10 worked fine. But this is all based on getting the FREE Upgrade, not a purchased product.
     
    Berton, May 10, 2016
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  6. davidhk Win User
    If one wants to upgrade through Windows Update, then the requirement is to have either Win 7 SP1 or Windows 8.1.

    If one wants to upgrade through an ISO file, the above requirement is NOT applicable. One can upgrade Win 7 (without SP1) or Win 8 (without Update 1).
     
    davidhk, May 10, 2016
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  7. kongming Win User
    Microsoft have stated that it has to be Windows 8.1 or Windows 7 SP1.
    The installer file size will be very large if you upgrade from Windows 8 or Windows 7.
     
    kongming, May 10, 2016
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  8. BunnyJ New Member

    windows 8 to 10 upgrade

    The latter is the process I was referring to.
     
    BunnyJ, May 10, 2016
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  9. davidhk Win User
    Yes. I know that.
    My reply is mainly in response to Berton's post.
     
    davidhk, May 10, 2016
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  10. davidhk Win User
    Please read my post #4 again.

    There are 2 ways to upgrade :
    1. Using Windows Update. That requires Win 7 SP1 or Win 8.1

    2. Using downloaded ISO file. That does NOT requires Win 7 SP1 or Win 8 Update 1.

    Whether the installer file " will be very large " or not is another matter. It can be done and it has been done.
     
    davidhk, May 10, 2016
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  11. BunnyJ New Member
    I was expanding on my first reply.
     
    BunnyJ, May 10, 2016
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  12. Windows 10 - Upgrade Installation
    Upgrade editions: Windows 8 (footnote 3)
    3 Must be running the latest version of Windows 8 (Windows 8.1 Update) to receive the free upgrade to Windows 10 via Windows Update.

    To go directly from Win8.0 to Win10 you need to upgrade using an ISO
    Windows 10 - Upgrade Installation 7. To Upgrade to Windows 10 with an ISO file

    Get the ISO
    Techbench: Windows 10 ISO Download
    -- OR --
    Media Creation Tool: Windows 10 ISO Download
     
    Slartybart, May 10, 2016
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  13. copiman Win User

    windows 8 to 10 upgrade

    Thanks to everyone for your help. I have an image just in case. I will go to 8.1 first and then go to 10. Again thanks for your input. I actually learned something (student at a technical college for computers and networks).
     
    copiman, Apr 4, 2018
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