How Do I Use My Free Upgrade To Windows 10 On A New Computer?

Question

Right now I have a windows 8.1 laptop (bought the laptop with windows) and the update for windows 10 is ready to install. I am building a new computer and I don't want to buy a new operating system So I wanted to know if I could put windows 10 on a flash drive and put it on my computer when it is done being built. Any help is helpful.

Answer 1

Windows 10 isn't free unless you're upgrading from a prior version. If you have a computer without an operating system and you want Windows 10 on it, you'll have to buy Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 and upgrade or simply buy Windows 10.

Answer 2

You can't do what you are asking. Upgrade means another operating system has to be present for the upgrade to "upgrade the OS". What you need on your new computer is the full retail version, and it's not free. The only thing free is the UPGRADE and it requires either Win 7 or Win 8.1 to be present so that it can "upgrade" it to Win 10

Answer 3

If you are trying to transfer your OEM Windows 8.1 key from your laptop to the newly built PC, you can't. The OEM Windows key on your laptop is bind to the motherboard and will not activate on any other motherboard.



If you bought and installed the Retail version of Windows 8.1 on that laptop, then yes you can transfer that over the to newly built computer. Make sure you upgrade Windows 8.1 to 10 on the laptop first so the Microsoft servers can bind your Windows 8.1 keys with Windows 10. Warning, you can't use the same keys on both the laptop and new computer.

Answer 4

No. Not directly from the update you registered for.



But, if it's still available, you can go and download the developers version of windows 10, install and then upgrade from there