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Windows 10 media creation

When I logged into the desktop it was a clean installation of Windows 10 with only my info provided during OOBE there. This was such a clean install that the Recovery option that Windows 10 media creation normally available for 30 days after upgrading Windows 7 or 8. I then checked the system page and it showed Windows 10 was activated and ready to go.

That will download the Windows 10 ISO and begin the upgrade directly Windows 10 media creation the current OS. I then selected to keep nothing from the Windows 7 OS in this Windows 10 media creation so that meant no settings, files or anything was transferred into the new Windows 10 Windows 10 media creation. I was also prompted to go through the entire Out Of Box Experience OOBE by selecting my basic settings including logging in with my Microsoft Account.

An inplace upgrade must be completed first on your Windows 7 or 8. The article has much more detail. One of the big questions over the last few months about the release of Windows 10 was clean installing onto a former Windows 7 or 8. There is more than one way to get a clean install of Windows 10 in an upgrade scenario like this. That process asks for a product key to be entered and I was unsuccessful in entering a Windows 7 or 8. The product Windows 10 media creation step can be skipped so I did that and removed all partitions on the SSD and did a bare metal install signing in with my Microsoft Account.

As you prepare to clean install Windows 10 please take the time Windows 10 media creation read my article entitled How to make sure your free copy of Windows 10 is activated which was posted after this one.

There is no reason to believe this same process would not work with a properly activated Windows 8. See the screenshot gallery for a walkthrough of the entire process. Let us know how your own upgrade situations go in the comments below

When I checked the activation status following the install it showed the Windows 10 Pro was activated. Still not sure if it was tied to my Microsoft Account or not but that was the only common denominator between the clean install below and this one after I wiped out the partitions and laid down an entirely fresh install of Windows The other way to clean install from a valid Windows 7 or 8.