Installing Windows 10 post free upgrade.

[Glenn]

Just seen this method over on the iRacing forum;

download the Win10 ISO instead of letting it upgrade your old OS. Then:

Generate a genuine ticket of your installation by:

1 Copy gatherosstate.exe from your downloaded Windows 10 10240 ISO to your installation which should be upgraded.

2 Run it on your activated and validated Windows. It'll output GenuineTicket.xml. Save this on a USB thumb drive or something.

3 Then do a fresh install with your suitable w10 ISO, skip to enter key at setup procedure.

4 Once it's installed make sure your internet connection is DISABLED/do not enable the internet connection! Reboot w10.

5. Copy GenuineTicket.xml to C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\ClipSVC\GenuineTicket\ of your w10 installation and reboot again.

6. Connect online, it should activate.

Saves having to wait for the update and keeps it all clean so no upgrade install.


There's far more information over at MyDigitalLife forums in regards to Win 10 than I can pass on here though.

[Glenn]

Or just go here https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/accessibility/windows10upgrade

[Clive]

I've done this with my Win 7 Asus laptop which refuses to take on any updates at all.  It seemed to go very well with Win 10 installing very nicely and then updating.  I thought it was all systems go then up came the message "We are restoring your PC to a previous version of Windows".  And it did!  Windows 7 eventually reappeared bearing the ominous message "0x C1900101 - 0x2000C  Installation failed in the SAFE_OS phase with an error during APPLY - IMAGE  operation." 

[Simon]

Oh, that old chestnut.   

[Glenn]

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-windows_install/windows-10-upgrade-error-0xc1900101-0x2000c/143b839d-a2ea-4b73-bb37-19ac0d22e9c6?auth=1

[Clive]

It may be worth disabling Avira and trying again as a starter for ten.  Thanks Glenn.