Which set of options takes precedence during upgrade to win10?

Question

I'm trying to upgrade to win 10. I'm running the setup.exe file from a usb stick.

Before installation starts, it asks if I want to:

1. Keep files, apps & settings
2. Keep only files
3. Keep nothing

No matter which I choose, during installation it then asks if I want to perform:

1. Upgrade (keeping files, apps & settings)
2. Custom (a clean install, choose drive, etc)

These 2 sets of choices seem incompatible with each other. If I wanted to Keep Only Files, there is no way to specify this in the second selection.

I actually want option 3 in the original selection. But I'm worried that the second set of options will overwrite the first. Or that if I choose Custom during the second selection, that it won't give me the free upgrade from 7.

Answer 1

If you were to click Custom Install Windows would prompt you to reboot and do a custom install from there if you want to change the partition layout. If you don't want to touch the layout, you can quite happily go with Upgrade and Windows will do the in place upgrade and you will get Windows 10 for free. I personally haven't tried the Custom option, as I usually just clean install after upgrading anyway, and I didn't want to risk my free license.

The second set is like the second screen in the Windows 7 install, where it asks if you want to Upgrade or use a Custom layout. I still don't know why that's there though in the in place upgrade to Windows 10.

TL;DR: Click Upgrade if you aren't willing to risk it, otherwise, hit Custom.