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I've had some trouble with my win7 installation recently and I cannot go through the 'Upgrade my PC' option without it crashing. So I want to install it from USB.
I've read a lot of articles that explain how to get a clean install of win10, but they all recommend an 'in place' installation of win 10 first (using the 'Upgrade my PC' option).
It sounds mad, but I am getting the impression that I am not able to install the upgrade via USB - is that correct?
1You can use a USB drive to perform the upgrade (did it myself multiple times). Best bet is to start Setup.exe (in the USB/DVD you created using the Windows Media Creation tool) from within Windows 7. You can't do a clean install onto nothing though, since that wouldn't be an 'upgrade'. – Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 – 2015-08-04T17:55:59.000
That's what I thought but after reading around I'm getting the same impression as td.512 in his answer below. That the media creation tool only works for a clean install AFTER the 'In Place' update has been performed – Martin Hansen Lennox – 2015-08-04T18:01:29.323
If Windows 7 is still running, just run Setup from within Windows. – Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 – 2015-08-04T18:03:32.430