Windows 10 Technical Preview Available To Download

Windows 10 Technical Preview Available To Download: Install Guide And Big Warnings
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Yesterday Microsoft announced Windows 10, the numerically questionable successor to Windows 8. Now just twenty four hours later the ‘ Windows 10 Technical Preview’ has been produced available for download, without cost, and you'll start using it without delay .
Read on for the way to get it and several important caveats.
First the caveats. Microsoft MSFT +1.12% stresses the Technical Preview is only that: an extremely early build with the items users will delight in when Windows 10 keeps going sale in mid 2015. As such it states “Download and install the preview on condition that you”:
Want to test out software that’s still in development and like sharing your opinion about it
Don’t mind many updates or possibly a UI design which may change significantly over time
Really know on your path around a PC and feel safe troubleshooting problems, burning data, formatting a hardcore drive, installing an operating system on your own, or restoring your old one if necessary
Know what an ISO file is and the ways to use it
Aren’t setting it up on your everyday computer.

In one last warning (and also a nice show of humour) Microsoft reiterates: “We’re not kidding in regards to the expert thing. So if you think BIOS is really a new plant-based fuel, Tech Preview might not be right for you.”

Lastly ensure your computer achieves the minimum requirements:

Processor: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster

RAM: 1 gigabyte (GB) (32-bit) or 2 GB (64-bit)

Free hard disk drive space: 16 GB

Graphics card: Microsoft DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM driver

A Microsoft account and Internet access

And understand what you will and won’t must reinstall according to the version of Windows where you are upgrading:

As for tech support team issues/questions maybe you have, a good option to head will be the Windows Technical Preview forum.

How To Install Windows 10 Technical Preview

If that you are happy to don't wait, however, receiving the new Windows is very straightforward:

 Sign up for the Windows Insider Program

Double confirm the system requirements

Click on the list of Download links – Windows 10 Technical Preview x86 (2.9GB), Windows 10 Technical Preview x64 (3.8GB) – to download the ISO (official page)

Take note with the Windows 10 Technical Preview product key you happen to be given

When the download is complete, transfer the ISO file to installation media for example a DVD or USB flash drive (the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool still works brilliantly)

Double-tap or double-click ‘setup.exe’ through the installation media, and after that follow the steps as prompted

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General tips? Having been part of both the Windows 7 and Windows 8 betas I can say it really is fun finding the latest version of Windows months before all the others and watching the computer evolve while you use it – such a thing happens quickly. Both Windows 7 and Windows 8 betas were very stable, though that doesn’t mean Windows 10 may be the same.

An interesting potential benefit is Microsoft has previously given discounted upgrade prices to beta testers once the final version became available. That said it is no guarantee sufficient reason for Windows 10 predicted to be very cheap or perhaps free for many people upgraders this most likely are not the carrot it was formerly.

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