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If I upgrade from Win 7 to 10 will I need to reinstall all my software ( VS,SSMS et al ) ?
I'm thinking I can't avoid the shift forever so I'm going to bite the bullet this weekend.
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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No - a clean install is often preferred but I upgraded one laptop and everything seems to have worked (the printer needed to be uninstalled and reinstalled but minor stuff).
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I'm seeing an upgrade now in Windows update so how can I do a clean install ?
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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Download ISO and burn to CD then run install from there - it gives you a "new install" option.
(Obviously back up all the stuff you need before that  )
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I went from 8.1 to 10 and didn't have to reinstall a thing. But all my settings were set to default and the first windows 10 update(the big one) deleted CCleaner without my knowledge.
At my job I went from 7 to 10 and have so far noticed nothing missing or wrong. VS and SSMS work just fine.
But beware, that may not apply to your machine. I consider myself extremely lucky as I lost nothing with migrating to win 10. Every device had a successful upgrade - two computers and a cell phone.
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Thank you I'm starting to feel slightly optimistic ( which is always a worry )
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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A word of warning, though ... Last december I took this risk with my perfect fast Windows 7 x64 4 GB RAM HP Elite desktop PC (my "work" computer) and I updated to Windows 10 and ... I was annoyed with 2 things
- "circling dots" at login after entering my credentials - it was taking forever
- Windows Explorer became unstable en crashed randomly 5 times per hour
So the computer was working in some way but not really ... Needless to say, I lost really days of office hours googling and searching for solutions ... do this, try that etc ... which is quite depressing when you have urgent work to do. Finally my management decided to buy a new computer ... But perhaps I am lucky because I did not loose any data so far from may 1 TB hard drive ...
Perhaps you can avoid such a mess with "clean install" if possible - a sensible advice found by googling ..
modified 6-May-16 4:55am.
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I originally ungraded from Win7 to Win10 and it worked - all my apps, settings, data, etc. were all there and working.
But...it wasn't too stable, and a couple of Win10 updates broke it.
Since I did a reformat and clean install, then re-installed my apps I've had no such problems.
I'd strongly recommend a full image backup (AOMEI is good), then a format and clean install from the ISO you can download from MS. Then another full image backup, then install your apps, then another full image. (I like backups  )
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Cheers Griff I can see this weekend is already mapped out  I use AOMEI on your recommendation from some time ago, for a freebie its excellent and with the price of USB drives its a no brainer, I've never actually had to restore an image created with AOMEI so am a bit concerned, if I ended up ( worse case ) with an unbootable system - how would I restore an image ? ( thread drift already ).
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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Run up AOMEI, and click on "Utilities".
Click on "Create Bootable Media". Select "Windows PE", and press "Next".
At the "Select Bootable Media" page, you can pick CD/DVD/USB media and off it goes!
When you want to restore, boot from the PE disk and it is pretty easy (I stuck a "spare" HDD in instead of my "proper" one and did a test restore when I first tried AOMEI to make sure it worked!)
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Ok that's good to know - backing up as we speak 
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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When you download the ISO, try to get the 10586 build. This will spare you a lengthy update to 10586 later. Also: This build will install both Home and Pro versions. Just pick the version that matches your Windows 7 / 8 type.
I also recommend that you do an upgrade BEFORE the clean install. This will ensure that Windows 10 will activate without an activation code. Just skip the steps where it asks for the code. Once the upgrade is activated, do a clean install.
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
modified 6-May-16 8:08am.
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Good to know thanks
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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All the best. Will wait to hear back on Monday..
Pretty soon, I need to surrender myself to the unknown.
If I remember, free upgrade is only for an year from date of launch. So I don't upgrade now, I forego my claim and I am stuck with Windows 8.1 or buy Win-10... Is that right ?
Thanks,
Milind
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I think July is the cutoff point and then you will have to buy it - which is what prompted me to do it now
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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How much RAM your brain has !! 
I wouldn't have found it on CP for sure...
Thanks.
Thanks,
Milind
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Unfortunately, it tends to get paged out to an unreliable hard drive... 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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In my usual cynical outlook I'll just open up the following can of worms:
OK - you do whatever it takes to install everything and get it all working. Then a Win10 update comes in and trashes whatever MS feels like trashing - or perhaps they're just using you to beta-test the update.
Then what ?
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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I must have done something wickedly wrong, because I had no serious issues with 10 since I switched late last year, just a few minor oddities. Now I'm worried. 
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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Cornelius Henning wrote: I had no issues with 10
Have you any idea what MS will do to you if they find out about that?
Worry? Maybe. Cause for alarm? Definitely.
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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I did say I'm worried! You're not helping here. 
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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OK - I'll be as helpful as I'm able.
Let's skip the intermediate steps: Just go for the panic attack now*
*saves the stress of wonder when it will happen - see how helpful that is!
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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Rending my garment! Dumping ash on my head and screaming: "AAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarggggh! Woe is me!
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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