Detailed Windows 10 upgrade guide

The upgrade process is described 10 without using external storage media. It is the shortest way since it skips the process of creating a bootable USB or DVD while presenting the least chance of errors.

We run it Media Creation Tool 2004

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Select Create Installation Media
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We select the Use of suggested options
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We can choose a different language and at the same time the two versions 32 and 64bit. If we create a boot USB for a new installation, we will have the option of architecture. In the upgrade it is not possible to select a different architecture from the installed one, eg 32bit upgrade to 64bit.

Language we can choose from among the language packs we have already installed. That is, if the version we installed is English and we added it later dubbing Greek, we can choose English by first doing the corresponding language switch in our System.

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We select ISO File and with the Next it will show us the selection of the ISO storage path.
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If we want we give a different name to the ISO

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The download starts

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When completed, a check is made

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Pressing end starts clearing the temporary download files. Open the path in which the ISO is located and create a new folder with whatever name we want

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Right-click on ISO νοι Open with → Windows Explorer

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This option is the same as disk mount. Select the contents of the ISO, copy them

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and paste them into the empty folder we created. By performing the setup directly from the mounted ISO we do not have a significant saving of space and time because again the installation process will export the necessary files as temporary (temp) to the local disk.

Once pasting is done, if we have a 3rd party antivirus we disable it for precautionary reasons. With the no action is needed.

In the setup we right-click → Run as Administrator.

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The installation of the new version begins

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By pressing Change how to get updates […] we can postpone the download of updates and additional Windows applications until after the upgrade but in practice if we are connected to the internet and updates are missing to continue the upgrade or there are newer versions of drivers will download them automatically. If we want to shorten the time, we disconnect the computer from our network.

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At this stage we can change the items that will be retained

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In the first option, no changes will be made to the programs we have installed and to our saved files located in the user folder.

The second option will uninstall all third-party applications (not Windows) and keep the files in the user folder. By user folder we mean the system folder that contains Downloads, Documents, Images, Music etc.

In the third option, our files will be deleted and all Windows settings will be reset.

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The upgrade starts

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A series of reboots will follow

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And the process is complete. Do not forget in case we disabled the antivirus to restore it.

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Note:

Instead of opening ISO with Windows Explorer, we can use a compressed file management application such as 7zip.

The process chosen was based on the process of upgrading the systems of a network that has computers with different architectures and (hardware) and with a security policy that does not allow the use of USB ports and DVD-ROM.

Having the ISO in a shared folder, we export locally and perform the installation with administrator privileges under our supervision.

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Written by Lefteris

IEK Computer Applications, Networks and Office Automation Technician 2003

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