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Old 25-10-2015, 15:32
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I think you need to get someone to help you.

There is no 'unfinished install'. It either works or it rolls back to Windows 7.

You can't install it on Windows XP, but the link to the download of the Media Creation Tool is on this page.
yes i did try to use the media creation tool ,however some downloads i was trying from the windows 10 pages was taking a long time to download. i get the feeling here that my only opt would to BUY the disc & PK & do the lot from scratch.
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Old 25-10-2015, 15:44
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Use MCTool to download the iso.

Burn the iso to DVD or use Rufus to burn the iso to a USB Flash Drive.

XP & Vista require a Clean Install by booting from your newly created media and a License must be purchased within 30 days at a cost of about £100 or £200 (Home or Pro)

W7 can be upgraded, not Clean Installed and not by booting the Media, but by running the setup.exe while W7 is running and the License is Free.


If your W7 is so broken that it can't manage this, it must be fixed or reinstalled itself first, to SP1.
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Old 25-10-2015, 16:19
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Use MCTool to download the iso.

Burn the iso to DVD or use Rufus to burn the iso to a USB Flash Drive.

XP & Vista require a Clean Install by booting from your newly created media and a License must be purchased within 30 days at a cost of about £100 or £200 (Home or Pro)

W7 can be upgraded, not Clean Installed and not by booting the Media, but by running the setup.exe while W7 is running and the License is Free.


If your W7 is so broken that it can't manage this, it must be fixed or reinstalled itself first, to SP1.
ok somthing i'll have to look in to ,not today though
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Old 25-10-2015, 16:30
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yes i did try to use the media creation tool ,however some downloads i was trying from the windows 10 pages was taking a long time to download. i get the feeling here that my only opt would to BUY the disc & PK & do the lot from scratch.
Rather than pay £100-200 for Windows 10 to install on an old PC, just save up for a new PC! It's just not worth it for the XP and Vista machines.
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Old 25-10-2015, 18:04
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A Dual-Core Processor Vista machine. upgraded to W7 via a 'cheap' License, then Free Upgraded to W10 might be a possibility.

My early 2009 2GB spare laptop is such.
My main laptop is a late 2009 4GB W7 machine.
Both are fine** for general use and running W10 now.

(** With Adblock and Ghostery on the browsers for speed and security reasons)

I wouldn't even try with an XP machine either.
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Old 25-10-2015, 18:54
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the laptop we have is around 10 years old & has XP installed on it.i don't think i will ruch out to get another LT unless it came at the same price as i would of brought the W10 disc. but even if i did that i have 2 other pc's to concider one which i am using right now ,it has a habbit of crashing every so often ,it had W7 put on it recently but again the pc is flat bed desk top which orig op under the XP version,then i got a more newer pc which i aqured about 2 years ago running on vista also a desk top which i do all my video burns on. in all cases would love to get W10 on all of them,probabl be only of using a boot disc at a price . but all that said ,they all work fine & feel it may be just cheaper to upgrade them all to W10 rather than paying out for 3 new ones & throwing away 3 generally good working pc's dispite one crashing every so often.
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Old 25-10-2015, 19:05
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Given you can pick up a refurbed win 7 machine from 50 odd quid it'll probably be better to replace some of the older stuff you have for pretty much the replacement cost of the license anyway.
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Old 25-10-2015, 19:42
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Given you can pick up a refurbed win 7 machine from 50 odd quid it'll probably be better to replace some of the older stuff you have for pretty much the replacement cost of the license anyway.
well if i was ever to do that it will be the pc that crashes alot & i would conceider replacing it with another DT which has W10 on it
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Old 25-10-2015, 19:50
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the laptop we have is around 10 years old & has XP installed on it.i don't think i will ruch out to get another LT unless it came at the same price as i would of brought the W10 disc. but even if i did that i have 2 other pc's to concider one which i am using right now ,it has a habbit of crashing every so often ,it had W7 put on it recently but again the pc is flat bed desk top which orig op under the XP version,then i got a more newer pc which i aqured about 2 years ago running on vista also a desk top which i do all my video burns on. in all cases would love to get W10 on all of them,probabl be only of using a boot disc at a price . but all that said ,they all work fine & feel it may be just cheaper to upgrade them all to W10 rather than paying out for 3 new ones & throwing away 3 generally good working pc's dispite one crashing every so often.
Mixing new software with old hardware is a bad idea. You are just going to give yourself even more problems to solve. If you can't get the Windows 7 machine to work, you have little chance with the other two.
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Old 25-10-2015, 20:02
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Mixing new software with old hardware is a bad idea. You are just going to give yourself even more problems to solve. If you can't get the Windows 7 machine to work, you have little chance with the other two.
well then the only opt for me would to replace the W7 machine with a near new running on W10 at the near same price as it would cost to get the W10 disc ,hopefully it would have the disc with it?
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Old 25-10-2015, 20:12
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well if i was ever to do that it will be the pc that crashes alot & i would conceider replacing it with another DT which has W10 on it
What you probably need to do is to upgrade that machine to win 10 so MS has a hardware handle on your system and then to a clean refresh which will retain your data but will probably fix a lot of your problems

(you will lose all your installed programs etc)
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Old 25-10-2015, 20:45
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What you probably need to do is to upgrade that machine to win 10 so MS has a hardware handle on your system and then to a clean refresh which will retain your data but will probably fix a lot of your problems

(you will lose all your installed programs etc)
if it works yes it will be concidered,but would like to get the others to W10 in some way
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Old 25-10-2015, 20:54
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got to say just been having a look at ebay for windows 10 discs,assuming they are discs genumine ones,they are quite cheap affordable at around £35.00 ,i think amazon is £85.00 or somthing like that? but desk tops with W10 on it or a bit higher
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Old 25-10-2015, 20:58
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got to say just been having a look at ebay for windows 10 discs,assuming they are discs genumine ones,they are quite cheap affordable at around £35.00 ,i think amazon is £85.00 or somthing like that? but desk tops with W10 on it or a bit higher
The £35 disks are not genuine. You're just going to make things worse.
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Old 25-10-2015, 21:02
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The £35 disks are not genuine. You're just going to make things worse.
thought as much
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Old 25-10-2015, 21:04
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Really you need a mate who's good with puters on the technical side...a few beers and probably you would be laughing, theres probably people siting with all sorts of unused licenses for you to use to pull systems forward legally

But if you can get a desktop with a legit license for win 7 for 50 quid or so why not just grab it, it's newer than the vista/xp machines and probably had 2-3 times the pew pew as well.
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Old 25-10-2015, 21:40
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Really you need a mate who's good with puters on the technical side...a few beers and probably you would be laughing, theres probably people siting with all sorts of unused licenses for you to use to pull systems forward legally

But if you can get a desktop with a legit license for win 7 for 50 quid or so why not just grab it, it's newer than the vista/xp machines and probably had 2-3 times the pew pew as well.
the nearest i got to that is a pc shop ,i may make some enquires. off to bed now
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Old 26-10-2015, 00:04
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When you ran the Windows 10 compatibility utility did it flag up any possible issues?
Finally got Windows 10 installed. I read a few people saying that their install had failed with no error message when they had about 10GB free disk space, but when they freed up a bit more space it worked, so I moved about 30GB of files off the drive and the installation completed (no idea why the installer claimed it was happy with the amount of free space when actually there wasn't enough fot it).

However, Windows 10 did not work well for me. Half the time all I got was a black screen and all I could do was turn the computer off using the power button, and the other half the time it worked for a minute or two and then I got the black screen and had to turn it off using the power button. Trying to select the option to restore Windows 7 against the clock before everything went black was like something out of the Crystal Maze!
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Old 26-10-2015, 07:13
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Finally got Windows 10 installed. I read a few people saying that their install had failed with no error message when they had about 10GB free disk space, but when they freed up a bit more space it worked, so I moved about 30GB of files off the drive and the installation completed (no idea why the installer claimed it was happy with the amount of free space when actually there wasn't enough fot it).

However, Windows 10 did not work well for me. Half the time all I got was a black screen and all I could do was turn the computer off using the power button, and the other half the time it worked for a minute or two and then I got the black screen and had to turn it off using the power button. Trying to select the option to restore Windows 7 against the clock before everything went black was like something out of the Crystal Maze!
I'd be tempted to do a clean install. As you have done the upgrade at least once, your PC should have a W10 license now.
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Old 26-10-2015, 16:26
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Microsoft's first flagship retail store is opening its doors tomorrow in New York City;
http://www.engadget.com/2015/10/25/m...lagship-store/

'there are several "Answer Desks" located throughout the store, which will offer assistance with any piece of Windows hardware, no matter where you bought it'

When it comes to technology, we’re here to help. Schedule a free one-on-one appointment with an Answer Desk expert at a store near you. They’ll provide a personal recommendation on which services—from tech support to protection to personal training—are right for you.

Get Windows 10. Visit a Microsoft store near you for FREE upgrade services. Come into our store with your device and we’ll help you get to Windows 10. Our Answer Desk will evaluate your device, make sure you have everything you need for an amazing experience, and take you through all of the new features of Windows 10.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store...ns/answer-desk
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Old 26-10-2015, 17:47
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Microsoft's first flagship retail store is opening its doors tomorrow in New York City;
http://www.engadget.com/2015/10/25/m...lagship-store/
in that case they need a store in the uk too
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Old 26-10-2015, 21:44
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Big update next week called threshold 2
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/tech/news...fficial-launch
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Old 26-10-2015, 21:54
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"Windows fans are in for a treat next week as Microsoft begins pushing out its latest update."


A bold claim
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Old 27-10-2015, 00:02
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"Windows fans are in for a treat next week as Microsoft begins pushing out its latest update."


A bold claim
Trick or treat?
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Old 27-10-2015, 00:51
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I wonder if the media creation tool (eventually) will include this or you'll have to do endless updates ?
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