Fresh install of Win 7 Pro prior to Win 10 upgrade


  1. trinaz
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    Windows 7 Pro 64bit SP1
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    Fresh install of Win 7 Pro prior to Win 10 upgrade


    I am going to do a fresh install of my Win 7 Pro DVD prior to the Win 10 upgrade. Isn't there a way to downloads an iso file that has all up to date patches/SP's, etc and burn that to a new dvd rather than go through all the updates/SP's...etc ?

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  3. Bongo
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    Win 7 Pro x64 / Win 10 Pro
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    No need to install 7 again look at this tutorial Windows 10 - Clean Install - Windows 10 Forums just under step 7 talks about it.

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  4. wasnotwas
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    W10 Pro x64, W7 Pro x64 in VMware
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    You only need a genuine activated Windows 7 SP1 to upgrade to 10. It doesn't need the 200+ updates that came after SP1 for the upgrade to work. I've tested this.
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  6. trinaz
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    Windows 7 Pro 64bit SP1
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    wasnotwas said:
    You only need a genuine activated Windows 7 SP1 to upgrade to 10. It doesn't need the 200+ updates that came after SP1 for the upgrade to work. I've tested this.
    Ok..sounds good...isn't there an iso file to download that would have SP1...rather than start from the original dvd without SP1 ?

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  7. strollin
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    W10 Pro desktop, W11 laptop, W11 Pro tablet (all 64-bit)
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    Pay attention to what Bongo posted above. You don't need Win 7 installed, you can clean install Win 10.
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