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Is it possible to upgrade to Windows 10 from Windows 8 without the 8.1 update?
My system failed to update to 8.1 many times so I skipped the update. Some time has passed so I tried again, now and from the Windows store when I tried to update to 8.1 and it says applications installed.
I plan a clean install of Windows 10 anyhow so do I have to first upgrade to Windows 8.1 in order to qualify for the free update?
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Update: In the end I downloaded the 8.1 media and did a clean install, at the end of the install it told me a new version of windows was available and carried on straight into the windows 10 install.
This froze at 32% and after research to be the same issue I used to have with the 8.1 install freezing. After disconnecting the internet connections and all peripherals the windows 10 install worked.
3If you can't cleanly upgrade 8 to 8.1 then upgrading to 10 probably won't work anyway. Figure out what's broken about your Windows 8 install first, fix it, get 8.1 installed, and then go to 10. – Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 – 2015-07-29T19:32:29.647
You can do an in-place upgrade from Windows 8.0 to 10, even though it may not be advisible. – qasdfdsaq – 2015-07-30T11:16:26.540
You can upgrade to Windows 8.0 to Windows 10. It just requires you perform a clean install. When basically means you cannot do an in-place upgrade. This means all personal files, application settings, and programs will be deleted. – Ramhound – 2015-11-03T16:51:28.610