How to get free W10 upgrade on my laptop

[KLC]

I have three PCs I use at home. The two desktops run W7 and both of them have the pop up that tells me I can download W10. The laptop, a low end Dell, I don't have the model # with me here right now, is running W8.1. I'd prefer to upgrade the laptop to W10 first since I hate W8 and I have no problems with W7, so I want to experiment with W10 on something I see as expendable instead of on my desktops that are running fine.

But, when I click on the windows icon at the bottom right of the laptop screen I get a window that tells me MS is still evaluating W10 for it and they suggest I wait until they inform me when it's ready. Since it's been 5 months since W10 started it's rollout I'm not sure I believe that MS is still evaluating it for my base model Dell. Is there another way to get W10 installed for free?

 

[Dahak]

Just use the Windows 10 Media Creation Tool
https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/software-download/windows10

You can do the upgrade direct from the tool or make a bootable media as well if you wish

As long is an valid and activated windows it qualifies for the upgrade, you do not need to wait for the ms win 10 upgrade notification

 

[Z15CAM]

My advise, for the time being, is to forget about WinX and concentrate on protecting Win 7 or Win8 if you a Touch Screen.

I do not like hearing all WinX Players telling me that WinX apparitions lead to MS UpDate.

Is WinX attempting a Lunix Kernel Design?

 

[Ketchup]

Just use the Windows 10 Media Creation Tool
https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/software-download/windows10

You can do the upgrade direct from the tool or make a bootable media as well if you wish

As long is an valid and activated windows it qualifies for the upgrade, you do not need to wait for the ms win 10 upgrade notification

Good idea here.

 

[Z15CAM]

Windows 10 Media Creation Tool

F*^k Windows MPlayer when you can use VLC, ZPlayer or BPlayer.

I prefer ZPlayer Video and FooBar for Audio.

 

[Kenmitch]

Maybe check Dells website and see if Window 10 drivers are available. If so the just use the media creation tool and install. May run into issues without proper drivers.

 

[Z15CAM]

Listen to the Crack on the Wall!

 

[VirtualLarry]

F*^k Windows MPlayer when you can use VLC, ZPlayer or BPlayer.

I prefer ZPlayer Video and FooBar for Audio.

A little touchy today? Media Creation Tool has nothing at all to do with Media Player. It's for creating bootable media to install the OS.

 

[Z15CAM]

VirtualLarry: I say wait and find out before migrating to WinX!

Actually, I don't think I'd be here if I loaded WinX.
I don't trust what Winx will do to my Partitions.

Suppose I should just disconnect them.

 

[KLC]

Thanks for that link. Z15CAM, I'm actually doing exactly what you said. I'm leaving my desktops with W7 that I use for most everything I do alone. They're running fine and I don't want to change anything on them right now.

But the laptop has W8 which I really don't like. It also is used mostly for facebook/netflix/youtube instead of for real work. So to me there's little downside, I don't think W10 could be worse than W8, but I'll have a chance to actually use W10 without upsetting anything.

 

[Anomaly1964]

My wife has a laptop with windows 7 but the windows 10 upgrade icon is not in the taskbar, any suggestions?

 

[Ketchup]

The latest build allows you to activate Windows 10 with the key you have (for 7 or 8), so you could try a clean install with that approach. You could also try a factory reset and see if the option shows up. Another thing to try is to use the media creation tool, launch it (from a flash drive, for example) from within Windows, and see if it will do the upgrade that way.

And yet another option would be to reset Windows Update, then see if Windows update will find it:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/971058

 

[Anomaly1964]

The latest build allows you to activate Windows 10 with the key you have (for 7 or 8), so you could try a clean install with that approach. You could also try a factory reset and see if the option shows up. Another thing to try is to use the media creation tool, launch it (from a flash drive, for example) from within Windows, and see if it will do the upgrade that way.

And yet another option would be to reset Windows Update, then see if Windows update will find it:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/971058

Thanks