How can I reinstall windows 10?

Question

Windows

Windows update will be free from 8 to 10, but what if you then need to reinstall 10, you will need to install 8 and update, or you can immediately install 10, then how? A license from 8 will do, or in some other way, how?

Answer 1

Microsoft MVP Vadim Sterkin reviewed everything in detail in his blog www.outsidethebox.ms/17644

Answer 2

According to currently available information, after a year of free upgrade opportunity has expired, it will not be possible to upgrade to 10 when reinstalling the OS (if you install 8 again) - you will need to buy windows 10.
I think it will be necessary for everyone who wants to keep windows 10 activated, learn how to create a system image =)

Answer 3

For a clean reinstall, you need to fulfill one condition - you need to make a preliminary update from the previous system that is being tested for validity (Windows 7/8/8.1)
And then there is a nuance that is missing in the Microsoft MVP article by Vadim Sterkin :)
- For systems with UEFI support, everything Simply, the key is stored in the depths of UEFI and is picked up and works with a clean reinstallation. All as bequeathed to Vadim.
- For Legacy BIOS systems, you will need to save the activation files. For Windows 10, the procedure is unfortunately not yet available for verification, but for Windows 7, the operation looks something like this

Answer 4

I suspect you are right. I once managed to snatch the key to upgrade from 7 to windows 8 (not 8.1). And now, in order for me to install 8.1, I need to install 7ku, then upgrade to 8ki, and only then, after all the system updates, deliver the 8.1 package from the offline store ...
The hemorrhoid is wild, but the issue price for the windows 8.1 license at the output is 800 rubles. At the end of July, I suspect that this list of hemorrhoids will be replenished =)))