How to install Win10 from scratch instead of uprade from Win8.1?

[JEDI]

i have a Dell e5250.
It came with Win 8.1 Pro with a Win10 upgrade.

I bought a 120 ssd.
i want to install Win10 directly and bypass Win8.1 Pro.

Anyway to do that?

 

[RLGL]

Google is your friend, try it sometime! Amazing results and it is FREE!! https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

 

[JEDI]

Google is your friend, try it sometime! Amazing results and it is FREE!! https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

downloaded it.

your link requires a windows version already on the hard drive?
after I download and tried to install on blank ssd, it says I need a windows version already on the drive?

 

[Ketchup]

Let the Windows 10 upgrade run on your current setup. Let it activate. At the point, swap the drives and run your clean install of 10. I would recommend using the media creation tool to put the installer for the latest version of 10 on a flash drive. Done.

 

[JEDI]

downloaded it.

your link requires a windows version already on the hard drive?
after I download and tried to install on blank ssd, it says I need a windows version already on the drive?

specifically, my laptop said it couldn't find an operating system.
thought it was Win10 saying it needs it.

but looking thru bios, I realized that UEFI was turned off thus my laptop was trying to boot from my blank ssd instead of flash drive.

will try again

 

[corkyg]

In order to control the boot source if other than the installed SSD, on my laptop I press F12. That pops up a boot menu listing all possible drives including flashes.