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Windows 10 is Microsoft's most mature system today. For Windows 8, Win10 not only makes up for the mistakes made by Win8 before, but also makes the page design more beautiful than win8. So, is it necessary for win8.1 to upgrade win10? The answer is yes, not to mention that both Win8.1 and Win10 are based on the same kernel, which is why Win8.1 can be seamlessly upgraded to Win10 directly. How to upgrade win10? How does win8 upgrade win10? Let's take a look at it next. IT Encyclopedia will teach you how to upgrade win10 from win8.1 with graphic tutorials.

Tools / software

Floppy disk access-UltraISO (optional, for fresh installation)

UltraISO download now

Win10 official version image file

One U disk (for fresh installation, direct upgrade is not required)

Methods / steps

Upgrade installation (the premise of this free upgrade method is that the original system has been activated)

1. Get the official Win10 image file (win10 official download can be obtained from Microsoft or other sources)

two。 Double-click the ISO image file, and it will be automatically loaded as a virtual optical drive under Win8.1. Double-click to open setup.exe.

3. Follow the prompts

In the following figure, you can select "not now" in this step, and the important updates will not be carried out until the installation is completed, which can reduce the waiting time, especially for users with slow network speed.

Win8.1 upgrade win10: select "not now"

The old rule is to agree to the license terms (you must agree as long as you want to continue the installation).

Win8.1 upgrade win10: click accept to proceed to the next step

In this step, you can click "change what needs to be retained" to select the content to be retained by the upgrade installation.

Win8.1 upgrade win10: you can choose to retain content

Selecting the first option will retain the configuration items under win8.1 that are compatible with win10, that is, all the configurations of the old system will be retained after installation. The second is to keep only personal files, and the configuration information will be deleted. The third item is to delete all (because this tutorial is not specific to delete the C disk or the whole, if it is not empty or deliberately want to clear all the contents, otherwise, please choose this item carefully, it may cause your files to be lost. )

Win8.1 upgrade win10: choose the first one to upgrade seamlessly

Win8.1 upgrade win10: click install below

Win8.1 upgrade win10: wait patiently to restart automatically

After automatic restart, you will enter a circular percentage progress bar and wait for the progress bar to be loaded. During this period, there will be 2-3 automatic restarts.

Win8.1 upgrade win10: there will be several restarts during this period

See that this step is not far from the completion of the installation, follow the following tips to complete some simple settings to complete the installation.

Win8.1 upgrade win10: enter simple setup

Win8.1 upgrade win10: use Quick setup

Win8.1 upgrade win10: proceed to the next step

Win8.1 upgrade win10: complete the installation

Win8.1 upgrade win10: enter the original win8.1 password

Win8.1 upgrade win10: wait for the application configuration to enter for the first time

Win8.1 upgrade win10:win10 Desktop

Win8.1 upgrade win10: automatically activated

Matters needing attention

This method takes the original system win8.1 as an example to explain how to upgrade win8.1 to win10. As a reference for users who have activated win7, win8 and win8.1, these three systems support seamless switching, and the upgraded programs do not need to be reinstalled, which can be called a seamless upgrade. Microsoft officially announced that it supports free upgrades to win10 for activated systems. If there is no activation installation process, you may be required to enter a win10 key to activate.

This is how Windows 8 upgrades Windows. The editor believes that there are some knowledge points that we may see or use in our daily work. I hope you can learn more from this article. For more details, please follow the industry information channel.

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