Upgrading to Windows 10?

Question

I am currently using Windows 8.1 and I'd like to upgrade to Windows 10 in a few days. I have the Windows 10 icon at the bottom of my screen, asking me to upgrade to Windows 10. I am familiar with freshly installing Windows from a disc, but I have no experience directly upgrading. The only issue I have is that I want to format my Local Disk C ( only Local Disk C, not the rest). Can I do this when upgrading from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10? And how?
Thank you in advance.

Answer 1

It is not going to reformat your drive during an upgrade. The reason is because an upgrade takes the existing OS and changes it (i.e., upgrades) to the new one. So no, it's not possible.



If you want to completely reformat your hard drive then you have two options:



1) reformat it then reinstall your Win 8 then install the free upgrade



OR



2) buy the retail full version of Win 10. This is not the upgrade, it's the full installation. This version gives you the option to reformat your hard drive.

Answer 2

Be WARNED that W8.1 & W10 from August is going to be a annual subscription payments and Extra payments to use M$ Azure cloud service. It's going to be know as WaaS (Windows as a Service) and SaaS (Software as a Service) At the moment M$ and the brain washing media are leading windows users down the path of FNYPL (Free Now You PayLater) If you don't/won't except what I'm telling you then go to the web links below and read the M$ reports Then you will know for sure that you will be paying Annual subscription fees, to use your computer on line.

Copy and paste the web addresses into the web address bar,



If you don't want to be forced into paying M$ subscription fees then learn you have other alternatives You can download the latest January 2016 Free Open Source Linux operating system from distrowatch.com so check it out for yourself

Answer 3

upgrading to windows 10 gives you 2 option. one is automatically formating your computer and start fresh and two is you can keep the all files and programs

Answer 4

upgrading is not the same as fresh install. You need to keep your licenced 8.1 running to sucessfully upgrade to 10. Also - dont. 10 sucks hard.

Answer 5

Yes, you can format your computer prior to updating to W10. In doing so you will revert back to the original OS, which could W8.



W8 will once again take about 3 hours to configure the 300+ updates. Then you must update to 8.1 + a couple of hours for updates, then update to W10, which is a 2 - 3 hour process.



Once W10 has finished the installation and the login screen is displayed; log in and leave it be for a couple of hours to configure drivers & updates.



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Answer 6

I would not upgrade to Windows 10. It is spyware masquerading as an OS. Another reason it is free. With Windows 10 you can not be guaranteed protection. M$ has built a back door into it and plans on spying on its users. When the hard core virus writers find out how to exploit it there will be no stopping.



We all thought Windows 8 would be the worse OS M$ would release and they learned there lesson. Then they come along with 10 and prove us wrong. People who make a profit off spyware and love the government knowing what you do daily are truly in love with Windows 10 and think it is the best OS M$ ever released. It probably will not be long before they take away your right to refuse updates on them so they can force Windows 10 and the future bad releases on its users.



The worse part is they have decided that you are stuck with this one. It is called Windows as a service. From this point on you will not be able to refuse updates of any kind. What that really means is that M$ can install or delete anything it wants on your puter anytime it wants. Their attitude is, tough we now control you and your puters and there is nothing you can do about it. The other reason for forcing updates on you is to also force new releases of the OS on you. This means the next time they have a Vista or Windows 8 you will not have a choice but to upgrade to it. They will use your auto update feature to force it down your throat. Everyone knows the history of M$ and how bad they can be in destroying a good OS.



Spyware is software that aims to gather information about a person or organization without their knowledge and that may send such information to another entity without the consumer's consent, or that asserts control over a computer without the consumer's knowledge. Spyware is mostly classified into four types: system monitors, trojans, adware, and tracking cookies. Spyware is mostly used for the purposes of tracking and storing Internet users' movements on the Web and serving up pop-up ads to Internet users.



From Extreme Tech



There are certain new “features” of Windows 10 that can’t be blocked by any OS-level tweaks, including the hosts file. The updates listed above connect to vortex-win.data.microsoft.com and settings-win.data.microsoft.com. These addresses are hard-coded to bypass the hosts file and cannot be prevented from connecting. It’s been reported that software firewalls aren’t sufficient to block them, though this is unclear.



http://www.extremetech.com/computing/213183-once-more-with-tracking-microsoft-backports-privacy-invading-windows-10-features-to-windows-7-8



By default Windows 10 logs just about everything you do.



http://boingboing.net/2015/08/03/windows-10-defaults-to-keylogg.html



http://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-10-silently-uses-your-bandwidth-to-send-updates-to-others/



They say you can opt out of it but it still phones home, it's a trap



http://www.extremetech.com/computing/212160-windows-10-still-phones-home-even-when-ordered-not-to-do-so



Then there is the matter of not being able to turn off auto updates or selecting what they install. In other words with Windows 10 M$ can install anything they want on your puter.



http://www.pcworld.com/article/2949621/windows/windows-10-will-force-automatic-updates-for-all-home-users.html



Causing it to churn through data, blowing up usage caps



http://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-10-churning-through-bandwidth-blowing-data-caps/



They have a bad track record with updates, but now it will get worse.



http://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-10-cumulative-update-causes-reboot-loop-havoc-for-some-users/



http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-pulls-updates-recommends-uninstall-7000032678/



http://www.zdnet.com/article/has-microsoft-stopped-testing-their-updates/



http://www.itbusiness.ca/news/windows-10-review-the-last-os-youll-ever-have-to-install/58355



It is a sad state when a population rolls over to major corporation, which shares what they have with the government when requested, and allows everything they do be monitored, logged, stored, and saved for ever.



Just pick up a history book and see how well this has worked out in the past. Back then they couldn't come close to how much data is being collected today. Think Germany, Russia, China, Cuba and oh so many more who have fallen prey to Totalitarian, Fascism, Communism, Socialism, Nazism, or any other ism you can think of. Give up privacy give up liberty and freedom.



If you do decide to update make a complete image of your hard drive in case you decide to go back to your original OS. We are finding using the go back feature built into Widows install is causing problem and M$ is deleting the recovery partition.



If M$ has there way, Windows 7 and 8 is going to be just like Windows 10. We found out that M$ is now hard coding this spyware ( back door) into Windows 7 and 8. Look for these updates in and see if you have them. KB 3068708: KB 3068708 KB 3022345: KB 3075249: KB 3080149:

Answer 7

thanks everyone for the answers.