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Usable versions of Win 10
I downloaded Win 10 and burned DVD's when new versions (updates) were
available since I had several computers running Win 10. Although I hope I never need to use any of them to restore Win 10, I did use one for a friends computer that crashed. My question is: Are the oldest versions no longer usable for such a purpose, or can they be used and brought up to date in spite of being old versions? |
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Usable versions of Win 10
"Ken" wrote
|I downloaded Win 10 and burned DVD's when new versions (updates) were | available since I had several computers running Win 10. Although I hope | I never need to use any of them to restore Win 10, I did use one for a | friends computer that crashed. My question is: Are the oldest versions | no longer usable for such a purpose, or can they be used and brought up | to date in spite of being old versions? Officially the versions are only supported for 12-18 months. On the other hand, MS will probably be begging people to use Win10 for the forseeable future. It's hard to imagine them refusing to update freebie adware. |
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Usable versions of Win 10
On Sat, 11 Nov 2017 13:09:58 -0600, Ken wrote:
I downloaded Win 10 and burned DVD's when new versions (updates) were available since I had several computers running Win 10. Although I hope I never need to use any of them to restore Win 10, I did use one for a friends computer that crashed. My question is: Are the oldest versions no longer usable for such a purpose, or can they be used and brought up to date in spite of being old versions? I have used an iso of the same version on my machines to do a repair reinstall. I have old versions around until I throw them out. No reason to keep them. KenW |
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Usable versions of Win 10
Ken wrote:
I downloaded Win 10 and burned DVD's when new versions (updates) were available since I had several computers running Win 10. Although I hope I never need to use any of them to restore Win 10, I did use one for a friends computer that crashed. My question is: Are the oldest versions no longer usable for such a purpose, or can they be used and brought up to date in spite of being old versions? Old versions on DVD/USB/mounted ISO(e.g. Windows 10 versions 1507, 1511, 1607, 1703)will install the version on the media. The current version at this time is 1709. Version 1507 is no longer supported, and 1511 support ends soon. Post installation and activation, if Windows does not update itself during installation, the user can use current supported version media or Windows Update to bring the device up to date. -- ...W¡ñ§±¤ñ msft mvp 2007-2016, insider mvp 2016-2018 |
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On 11/11/2017 02:09 PM, Ken wrote:
I downloaded Win 10 and burned DVD's when new versions (updates) were available since I had several computers running Win 10.Â* Although I hope I never need to use any of them to restore Win 10, I did use one for a friends computer that crashed.Â* My question is:Â* Are the oldest versions no longer usable for such a purpose, or can they be used and brought up to date in spite of being old versions? I'd ask: If you are updating your PCs to later versions, and have the newer version DVDs, why would you want to keep the old ones? I'd only keep the lowest common version on any machines you work on. I don't think you'd want to do any kind of restore or refresh or whatever that requires a DVD if you're running 1709 and all you have is a 1511. I may be wrong but it just doesn't seem logical to do that. |
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Usable versions of Win 10
On 11/11/2017 19:09, Ken wrote:
I downloaded Win 10 and burned DVD's when new versions (updates) were available since I had several computers running Win 10. Although I hope I never need to use any of them to restore Win 10, I did use one for a friends computer that crashed. My question is: Are the oldest versions no longer usable for such a purpose, or can they be used and brought up to date in spite of being old versions? What do you mean "Are the oldest versions no longer usable for such a purpose"? are you asking whether they can be used to install on a new HD? If this is what you are asking then I would say yes you can use them but as you may know, Microsoft has streamlined its patches and now after certain time old versions won't receive any new updates but any updates released in the past are still available as "Cumulative updates". I keep all the old versions on DVDs just in case they are needed for something I need to test in virtual box. It is just me but there are people who thing their time is better spent doing backups and backups of backups and all that nonsense. Some of them have up to 8TB of useless apps that they are not likely to use ever but they like to keep themselves busy looking after them and making sure the backups work for them. It is their another hobby. -- With over 500 million devices now running Windows 10, customer satisfaction is higher than any previous version of windows. |
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Usable versions of Win 10
On 11/11/2017 01:09 PM, Ken wrote:
I downloaded Win 10 and burned DVD's when new versions (updates) were available since I had several computers running Win 10.Â* Although I hope I never need to use any of them to restore Win 10, I did use one for a friends computer that crashed.Â* My question is:Â* Are the oldest versions no longer usable for such a purpose, or can they be used and brought up to date in spite of being old versions? Since a major update replaces the previous version I see no sense in installing anything but the latest version. |
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Usable versions of Win 10
philo wrote:
On 11/11/2017 01:09 PM, Ken wrote: I downloaded Win 10 and burned DVD's when new versions (updates) were available since I had several computers running Win 10. Although I hope I never need to use any of them to restore Win 10, I did use one for a friends computer that crashed. My question is: Are the oldest versions no longer usable for such a purpose, or can they be used and brought up to date in spite of being old versions? Since a major update replaces the previous version I see no sense in installing anything but the latest version. It would only be intended for cases where the latest release was "too obnoxious to use". Then you'd have to investigate the "DisableOSUpgrade" registry setting :-) Paul |
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