How to upgrade from W7/8.1 without going through the complete upgrade process

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  1. AeonX

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    #601 AeonX, Jul 27, 2016
    Finally I got. Installed drivers and left connected to the Internet while the ticket generated.
     
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    #602 Pepperchili, Jul 28, 2016
    Can I keep my working W7 install and install w10 in a different hard drive?
     
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    #603 Wishbringer, Jul 28, 2016
    you can use each gatherosstate.exe

    But it is necessary that the LAN-Drivers of your old system are properly installed (MAC recognision).

    Background:
    Had an old MB with an odd sort of Realtek-Drivers.
    Fresh Win7 Install didn't inklude them.
    GenuineTicket.xml created before Driverinstall didn't result in an activated Win10.
     
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    #604 Wishbringer, Jul 28, 2016
    Yes, as long you use same Mainboard
     
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    #606 hanzzon2, Jul 28, 2016
    Control Panel > Power Options > Choose what the power buttons do > Change settings that are currently unavailable > Turn on fast startup (recommended)
    Deselect that option, and each time you do an upgrade of the system (example RTM > Treshold & Treshold > Redstone) then go back and disable it again, because MS thinks it's a great idea to change that setting when updating!
     
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    #608 pidgey, Jul 28, 2016
    I tried this trick and it worked, thanks, spared me some extra work.

    Btw... is today is the last day to get free Win 10 upgrade?

    I was wondering if this system is going to work past the deadline for the free upgrade, it should, right?

    I mean... i generate the genuineticket.xml now... and dont actually perform the upgrade at this moment (i have a few spare computers around but i dont really have time to upgrade them all today), i just upgrade them in the next days when i can.. the computer should still activate using the genuineticket.xml trick, i suppose?
     
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    #609 Enthousiast, Jul 28, 2016
    The tickets have to be used before MSFT closes down the servers.
     
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    #610 Pepperchili, Jul 28, 2016
    You can see the amount of time left here: microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-10-upgrade (I can't hotlink yet).
     
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    #614 intelarmamd, Jul 28, 2016
    Win 10 upgrade ends by 12 pm 29th July?

    Please clarify when the Win 10 upgrade time would end? By 12 pm 29th July or 12 pm 28th July? Kindly clarify. :)
     
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    #617 oldsh_t, Jul 28, 2016
    Create new partition
    Install in new partition
    Dual boot Win7/Win10
    Decide you don't like Win10
    Format ....... Gone.

    I have done this to my 2 computers just incase M$ comes to their senses. But I am not holding my breath :tea:
     
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    #618 Enthousiast, Jul 28, 2016
    Thought that was implied in my comment ;):

     
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    #620 freevista, Jul 28, 2016
    Just for the fun of it, today I installed one Daz activated W7 and generated a GenuineTicket.xml for it. I'm going to run the upgrade after the free offer ends. Most likely the activated W7 install becomes an unactivated W10. But it will be interesting to see if the W10 setup warns about this situation.
     
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