How I installed Windows 10 in my PC

It was almost a day since Windows 10 was released as an update in other regions and yet the ‘Get Windows 10 app’ in my PC didn’t show any prompts to install Windows 10. I knew that Windows 10 for reserved users will be released in waves, but being a very impatient man myself, I took the route of upgrading to Windows 10 through the Media creation tool offered by Microsoft. Since the ‘Get Windows 10’ app has already reported my PC and all software were compatible, I quickly downloaded the Media creation tool from this link.

My PC with Windows 10

The Media creation tool first asked me to choose if I wanted to upgrade my system right away or wanted to create an installation media. From my previous experience, I knew creating an installation media was the best choice as you will have the media at least if something goes wrong and won’t have to start downloading from the beginning. So, I chose the option to create an installation media and then chose the option to create an ISO file (the other option was to create a bootable USB media). Then I was prompted to select the language, the version of Windows 10 that I wanted to download and the option for 32 bit and 64 bit files. Once I selected the right options for me, the tool started downloading the files and displayed an option to open the ISO files or burn them to disc when the downloaded completed. I chose the option to open the ISO image with File Explorer, double clicked on the setup file to start upgrade process.

Once the upgrade process began, the setup prompted me to choose what I wanted to keep from my previous OS. Once that was done, it again took some time to check for updates (wonder if it was looking for some patches for issues that might have reported after the final release), and then finally 

informed me that Windows Media Centre would be uninstalled and a confirm button was displayed to approve this action. Since I haven’t used Windows Media Centre much, I clicked on the confirm button and clicked next which started the installation process. Once the installation was done, I signed in with my Microsoft account which was already there and was happy to find that all my files including the desktop icons and taskbar shortcuts were intact. The user interface looked great and new action centre was a plus. I tried using the edge browser as well which seemed quite smooth and fast than Internet Explorer. So far Windows 10 looks great to me, will post an update soon after I use it for few days.

Note: Please make sure that you only perform an upgrade installation like me and not  a clean installation (booting directly from the installation media and installing) as clean install requires a product key. Once you have upgraded your PC as mentioned above and activated your copy of Windows 10, then you are free to perform a clean install without affecting your activation status.