Originally Posted By: Quattro Pete
So, with this free upgrade to W10, do users have the option to do a clean install of W10? Ideally I would love to throw in an SSD into one of my old W7 Pentium Dual Core machines and install W10 on it from scratch.
I've read concerns posted about this. Will it be an in-place "service pack" type upgrade like the Apple OS X upgrades have been? I hope that they'd give the option to download the .iso file so folks could burn an install disc or create an install USB stick. I, too, would prefer to install clean. It could be that they allow you to install fresh, and just type in your previous Windows license key as the validation.
I've set my computer up so I have no user data on the same physical drive as the OS, and this is one of the reasons for that. If the OS drive dies, it's an easy recovery. Or if I want to upgrade or change the OS with a fresh install, that's easy, too.
I will certainly keep my eyes peeled for more details on how consumers will be able to receive the upgrade.