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<body> <div id="header"> <span class="left"> <span class="back"><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT"><span class="image mobile_back" title="Back"></span></a></span> <span class="image mobile_logo" title="Beehive Forum Logo"></span> </span> <ul> <li> <a class="reply_all" href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42104.0&return_msg=42104.2"> <span class="image mobile_reply_all"></span><span class="text">Reply to All</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="navigation" href="#"> <span class="image mobile_navigation"></span><span class="text">Show messages</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="main" href="#"><span class="image mobile_menu" title="Menu"></span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu main"> <ul> <li><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Messages</a></li> <li><a href="lpm.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Inbox</a></li> <li><a href="lsearch.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Search</a></li> <li><a href="llogon.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Login</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu navigation"><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42104.1">1–10</a><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42104.11">11–17</a></div> <div id="page_content"> <h3 class="thread_title"><a href="index.php?webtag=DEFAULT&amp;msg=42104.2">Windows 10</a> </h3> <div id="messages" data-navigation="42104_2_17_10"> <a name="a42104_2"></a><div class="message" id="message_42104_2"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: ANT_THOMAS<span class="message_time">10 Jan 2018 14:38</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: william (WILLIAMA) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 10 Jan 2018 14:57"></span></span> <span class="message_count">2 of 17</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42104.2">42104.2</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42104.1">42104.1</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I keep meaning to upgrade the dual boot on my main system from 7 to 10 so that is useful.<br /> <br /> But I now also remember why I haven't bothered doing it thus far because it'll no doubt trash the bootloader. Sounds like a job for a weekend. Or buy a second hard drive. </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42104.2&return_msg=42104.2" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42104.2"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42104_3"></a><div class="message" id="message_42104_3"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: william (WILLIAMA)<span class="message_time">10 Jan 2018 14:57</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ANT_THOMAS <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 10 Jan 2018 15:10"></span></span> <span class="message_count">3 of 17</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42104.3">42104.3</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42104.2#a42104_2" target="_self">42104.2</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Well, I just took advantage of the Lenovo sale mentioned in my post, so I'm installing a new copy of Win 10 on an old hard drive for my old laptop. The old laptop had a nice new SSD so that's going into the Lenovo.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42104.3&return_msg=42104.2" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42104.3"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42104_4"></a><div class="message" id="message_42104_4"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">10 Jan 2018 14:57</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ANT_THOMAS <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 10 Jan 2018 15:10"></span></span> <span class="message_count">4 of 17</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42104.4">42104.4</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42104.2#a42104_2" target="_self">42104.2</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Which bootloader?</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42104.4&return_msg=42104.2" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42104.4"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42104_5"></a><div class="message" id="message_42104_5"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: ANT_THOMAS<span class="message_time">10 Jan 2018 15:11</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 10 Jan 2018 15:11"></span></span> <span class="message_count">5 of 17</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42104.5">42104.5</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42104.2#a42104_4" target="_self">42104.4</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Grub of some description. Could do with a fresh install of Linux too since I'm running some old version of Mint. </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42104.5&return_msg=42104.2" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42104.5"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42104_6"></a><div class="message" id="message_42104_6"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">10 Jan 2018 15:12</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ANT_THOMAS <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 10 Jan 2018 17:57"></span></span> <span class="message_count">6 of 17</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42104.6">42104.6</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42104.2#a42104_5" target="_self">42104.5</a></div> <div class="message_body"> dd mbr, install/upgrade windows, restore mbr, update grub (so it finds windows)</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42104.6&return_msg=42104.2" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42104.6"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42104_7"></a><div class="message" id="message_42104_7"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Chris (CHRISSS)<span class="message_time">10 Jan 2018 19:48</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: william (WILLIAMA) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 10 Jan 2018 21:10"></span></span> <span class="message_count">7 of 17</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42104.7">42104.7</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42104.1">42104.1</a></div> <div class="message_body"> How do the free upgrades work if you ever want to reinstall Windows 10? Not that I plan to any time soon but might need to one day.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42104.7&return_msg=42104.2" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42104.7"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42104_8"></a><div class="message" id="message_42104_8"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">10 Jan 2018 21:14</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Chris (CHRISSS) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 10 Jan 2018 22:18"></span></span> <span class="message_count">8 of 17</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42104.8">42104.8</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42104.2#a42104_7" target="_self">42104.7</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Pretty sure your license is updated to Windows 10 and can be used to validate any future re-installation (not to multiple PCs, obviously).</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42104.8&return_msg=42104.2" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42104.8"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42104_9"></a><div class="message" id="message_42104_9"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: william (WILLIAMA)<span class="message_time">10 Jan 2018 22:04</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Chris (CHRISSS) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 10 Jan 2018 22:18"></span></span> <span class="message_count">9 of 17</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42104.9">42104.9</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42104.2#a42104_7" target="_self">42104.7</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Excellent question. This is the Microsoft take on it:<br /><br /> <a href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/4000735/windows-10-reinstall">https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/4000735/windows-10-reinstall</a></div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42104.9&return_msg=42104.2" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42104.9"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42104_10"></a><div class="message" id="message_42104_10"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Chris (CHRISSS)<span class="message_time">10 Jan 2018 22:20</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: william (WILLIAMA) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 10 Jan 2018 22:21"></span></span> <span class="message_count">10 of 17</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42104.10">42104.10</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42104.2#a42104_9" target="_self">42104.9</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Ah yes, I remember reading about downloading the tool to create the installation media now. Thanks. Maybe should make one just in case Windows ever decides to stop working.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42104.10&return_msg=42104.2" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42104.10"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42104_11"></a><div class="message" id="message_42104_11"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: william (WILLIAMA)<span class="message_time">11 Jan 2018 15:07</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Chris (CHRISSS) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 11 Jan 2018 15:07"></span></span> <span class="message_count">11 of 17</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42104.11">42104.11</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42104.2#a42104_10" target="_self">42104.10</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Incidentally, according to <a href="https://www.howtogeek.com/272201/all-the-ways-you-can-still-get-windows-10-for-free/">this article</a> from April, you can install from a downloaded copy of Windows 10 using a 7, 8 or 8.1 key and this will activate fine. You can even ignore the prompt for a key and it will still work, but nag you to activate every so often.<br /><br /> Latest Windows iso available <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10">here</a>.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42104.11&return_msg=42104.2" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42104.11"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="message_page_footer"> <ul> <li class="right_col"><form accept-charset="utf-8" method="get" action="lmessages.php" target="_self"><input type="hidden" name="webtag" id="webtag" class="bhinputtext" value="DEFAULT" dir="ltr" /><input type="hidden" name="msg" id="msg" class="bhinputtext" value="42104.12" dir="ltr" /><input type="submit" name="submit" id="keep_reading" value="Keep reading…" class="button" /></form></li> </ul> </div> </div> </body>