Upgrading new HP laptop to Win10

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#1593203 15-Jul-2016 15:05

When I last upgraded, MCT asked if this was the computer I was upgrading. I said yes and it didn't need to create any media, just updated my PC. It gave me the choice of saving files or not too.

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#1593350 15-Jul-2016 20:18

Now that I have the UEFI sorted out I can pretty much choose to use the HP-Win10-DVD or the one I downloaded using MCT.

There is a a second DVD with the Drivers on it.

I will probably use the MCT created USB as the HP DVD is build 10240, so it would need to be updated using the MCT-USB anyway.

Thanks for the help.

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#1593392 15-Jul-2016 21:33

@aschteev , with your method what do you do about the Windows Product key?

I actually cant see one printed anywhere on the box or the laptop or anything else that came with it.

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#1593394 15-Jul-2016 21:36

kiwifidget:
@aschteev , with your method what do you do about the Windows Product key?

I actually cant see one printed anywhere on the box or the laptop or anything else that came with it.

The keys are now encoded in the UEFI

Here is a crazy notion, lets give peace a chance.

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#1593397 15-Jul-2016 21:43

MikeB4:
kiwifidget:

@aschteev , with your method what do you do about the Windows Product key?

I actually cant see one printed anywhere on the box or the laptop or anything else that came with it.

The keys are now encoded in the UEFI

Jeepers! Is there a way of checking that is so or do you just have to trust it?

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#1593405 15-Jul-2016 22:12

Once you have the UEFI enabled as per aschteev's instructions above, boot from the HP Win 10 DVD and delete all the existing partitions. Click New in the partition screen and setup should create a GPT partition scheme and install the OS. You won't have to worry about the product key.

Then run the driver disk and just install what you need, don't bother with the bloatware like the HP Support Assistant etc.

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#1593587 16-Jul-2016 17:06

My laptop is now running Win10 sans HP bloatware in UEFI mode.

Was a bit surprised that the ISO I newly downloaded via MCT was only for build 10586.164 which was released in March.

Thought it would be 10586.494 as per this website

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/12387/windows-10-update-history

No biggie, just had to install a bunch of extra updates, which just took longer.

I wonder how the MCT decides which build to download?

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