Can't install Windows 10 from Windows 7 PRO

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I'm trying to upgrade my Windows 7 laptop, a Dell Latitude 3540, with a dual boot with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.

When I try to upgrade it, and it reboot, I'll select the Windows OS from GRUB, and then the setup fails, because it allow me to login again.

How can I upgrade it anyway?

abierto

Posted 2015-10-06T07:27:52.817

Reputation: 117

Answers

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Windows tries to reboot into a recovery state to update, GRUB is jumping in before this. Use the Media Creation Tool to make a 10 disk image and boot from CD or USB.

Linef4ult

Posted 2015-10-06T07:27:52.817

Reputation: 3 705

will it be free anyway? I heard that only upgraded systems will result as a free one. – abierto – 2015-10-06T08:10:31.593

Chose upgrade install when you do it, NOT clean install. Once its booted up it'll self activate within a few minutes. – Linef4ult – 2015-10-06T08:30:53.013

oh, cool! so i can run the same upgrade even from boot! thanks ;) – abierto – 2015-10-06T08:32:26.113

Actually you can't I am not sure what the author of this answer is suggesting though.. – Ramhound – 2015-10-06T10:08:28.963

You upgrade with external media. Create the media(USB/CD), reboot, hit [esc/del/f2/f12] w/e to get bios boot menu and away you go. – Linef4ult – 2015-10-06T10:26:57.683

@Linef4ult - Except you can't do an upgrade installation unless you start the installation from within Windows. – Ramhound – 2015-10-06T11:57:27.393

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