Upgrade Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 For Free
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- Upgrade Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 For Free
Today we talk about everything you need to know about Windows 8.1 end of life on Jan 10, 2023. This is the Extended End Date, so there will be no more security updates for windows 8.1.
Now is the time to start plaining you next operating system. Its very unlikely that your computer is compatible with Windows 11, but you can still use Windows 10 until Oct. 14, 2025 and Microsoft could still extend the life cycle for Windows 10 to even longer.
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hi mate could you re upload your how to use xp safely video again please thanks
I did 2x 8.1 computers to 10 but I had the product keys which microsoft allowed.
does it save passwords in browsers ? i have some automatic log-ins for amazon and some other sites, will it save them or does it refresh or "wipe" the browser saved passwords ?
@@deathvalleybro9320 Unknown
@keep game no you dont pay anything, i upgraded my win 8.1 to windows 10 pro two weeks back and it went flawlessly, EVERYTHING works as it did on win 8.1
First of all, I would like to say, thank you Britec09 for uploading this video… it did took me about 2 1/2 hours and everything went nice and smooth. I didn’t even have to disabled my Wi-Fi or my antivirus. no issues whatsoever , i just follow the steps and I am happy with Windows 10 now. Thank you one more time and I wish you all Merry Christmas and happy New Year 2023. 🎉🎉🎉
This worked for me. Zero issues. Smooth. Just followed prompts. Windows 8.1 to Windows 10. Already had Product Key in computer (did NOT have to enter it). Took 90 minutes (I kept leaving the room). 8 year old Dell desktop (XPS). Thank you for the video and simple instructions.
This video was great and easy to follow. I wasn't going to back my stuff up because it seemed to be a seamless transition but I couldn't afford to lose my programs and files. Not sure I backed anything up properly BUT I was able to follow this with 0 issues. When I rebooted, I did disconnect my internet because of some comments saying it wouldn't complete for them. I just wanted to add a positive comment here to help spread the video. I was struggling to use new hardware and software with windows 8. I'm so happy it was this easy and litteraly seamless. I rebooted my pc like normal and everything is exactly how I left it...just windows 10 now.
Thank you so much!!!!!!!! this video should be seen by everyone and get a lot more exposure you just made my year BIG THUMBS UP
Thank you so much. I followed your instructions and it worked without any glitches or problems. I updated from 8.1 to 10. It took about 4 hours from start to finish. Thanks again. 😊
Hola, this absolutely works! Being worried of security on my windows 8.1., I felt very much necessity to shift to windows 10/11. This video is point on. Smoothly transitioned today(15/02/2023) to windows 10 !!
Just tried this, this was an absolute life saver! Upgrading was seemless and kept all of my data, bookmarks, tabs that were open Etc. it kept everything - absolutely brilliant! Still works as of 14/01/23.
Thank U SOOO much for this simple & detailed walk thru. Ive updated to Windows 10 & its activated with digital license! Took couple hours but your step by step worked! Truly Appreciate it!
Thank you! Your video prevented me to have to invest in a new laptop because of Turbo Tax new demands for 2023 - a saving of $600!! I went from Windows 8.1 (with message that it was not meeting the requirements) to Windows 10 without any problem (in 4 1/2 hours). 😁
Thanks so much for your thorough instruction and it worked perfectly fine for me. The world is better because people like you are still exist. Thanks again.
I just go my on PC upgraded to Windows 10 Pro using this method. It took 4 hours + but it is done now and I also didn't lose my files. Thanks a lot for this video.
This actually works, i just did it on my laptop. I was getting installation failed at 73% but it's an issue with updates. So when the installed goes on to "look for latest updated" before it installs the windows. Just disconnect your internet, it will skip looking for updates and install windows for you without a hitch.
That I could help. Don't forget to hit the subscriber. Thanks for watching
Can you elaborate a little more please?
Thank you
I tried this & turned off WiFi & it downloaded etc, but when it came to the 2nd boot it wouldn't do it so put my computer back to original 8.1 😔, help. Thanks
@@sandrabrown6142 it shouldn't be able to download. you need to turn off the wifi or any other source of internet. basically when the program says looking for latest update, make sure you're device is completely offline from that point onward.
Worked like a charm!..thanks mate
OMG!! I've tried everything to get away from 8.1. This worked great!! Now, maybe I can upgrade to 11.
Did this today (29th December 2022) and it worked like a dream, taking 2hrs and 15mins. The activation worked digitally with no issues, and no data has been lost, and all apps/games etc retained. Thank you so much for this 'how to', it took me through the whole process from start to finish and made it a doddle.
Is the process in this video 100% accurate for the upgrade or do you have extra tips to add? Thanks.
@@michaelsherron5750 I just followed the exact instructions as described in the video. I did watch numerous other videos too, just to make sure they were all roughly the same.
@@kevinmottram9491 Thank you!
This worked out great for me on the first try! Thank you so much.
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Using a 2013ish Toshiba laptop.
Dude I cant believe this worked! 8.1 to 10 in under 1h with SSD! All data still here. I disconnected from internet when it was searching for Updates just to make sure. Thank you so much! 29/06/23 It worked for me!
Worked for me, downloaded it yesterday and it looks amazing, thanks
Sir, you’re brilliant 👏🏾
It's 2023 and it still works! As another commenter said, all I had to do was unplug the wifi router when it said it was looking for additional updates and, boom! Free upgrade!
I expected a valid windows 8 license would be accepted for Windows 10 since a Windows 7 license is accepted. I recently used a Windows 7 starter license (old Acer) for an old Acer Vista laptop that was accepted for a Windows 10 installation. And with SSD, not so bad. I understand some windows 8 licenses are embedded in the BIOS so no authentication sticker is available.
*EXCELLENT VIDEO!!!* 💯
I have existing Logical partition(s) after C:\ for data etc. and others must surely also have similar setups to protect data in the event of problems yet this is never mentioned in update videos. What happens to Logical disk partitions when upgrading from W 8.1 to W 10 in this instance?
Windows lets you upgrade to Windows 10 using the Activation Key that came with your current Windows version. I had Windows 7 Home on one of my Dell computers. I popped in the Windows 10 ISO file on a USB thumb drive and booted to that. It let me upgrade Windows 7 Home to Windows 10 Home using my original Windows 7 Home Activation Key.
Am surprised that there are still people using 8.1 and in any case even if the machine is upgradable the hardware that it has means that they will still be stuck with having to get a Windows 11 machine eventually.
Just a little off-topic my main laptop running Windows 10 is activated with the generic key that after a problem with the machine some time ago a Microsoft tech put in it for me so in your opinion will an upgrade to Windows 11 (machine is hardware capable) still possible?
This still works perfect and hassle free. Thank you for the video
Thanks bro❤️.. it works like a charm
Worked. Thank you!!
Worked great!! 👍🏻 Thank you so much for this video❣️ God Bless You and Yours ~ 💯🎤🎶🔥😆
Is there a way for sure to know it will work? I have Windows 8.1 activated and looking to upgrade to Windows 10 for free.
so my hard drive is full of all sorts .. games, passwords, browser log-ins, browser bookmarks, my question is .......... what will i lose if i upgrade from 8.1 to 10 ? or is it all seamless and everything is upgraded ?
When I did this, Windows 10 kept the Windows 8 Metro apps. I tried them, but they didn’t work. Pretty weird, huh?
I have a windows 8.1 activated. I have had a few fails, read your comments and tried it without WiFi and took Norton off. It worked further in the process downloaded but done a second boot & failed & put me back to 8.1. Should I keep trying to download it & see if it eventually works thanks
Britech09, please help me to know that my laptop's os is DOS and If I try to upgrade my pc from Windows 8.1 pro to 10, will I face any problem in my laptop?
Thank you!
So I did the update and in settings the line beside Activation is completely blank, no note of activation or not. Does this mean it is deactivated, and if so what is the issue of not having activation?
Edit: I can customize destop and lock screen which it seems is activation only, so guessing its activated but not showing the text?
I got a used laptop, win8.1, Great vid 👍✌If it does activate when I get to that stage (Factory reset of win8.1 because of blocked by password atm), could I then do a clean USB boot install from the windows 10 media creation tool, ie would a clean install pickup the win10 key with a fresh SSD? I am sure it would however it would be nice to know in advance from someone with more experience of Win 8.1 - The laptop has R4 graphics & I want to see if it'll be any good for learning Shotcut if I bang an SSD in it. Although I fear Acer has ended the support for the laptop (win10) from summer 2022 . TIA
Thank you!!!! worked perfectly!!!!
Just upgraded to Windows 10 from 8.1 without any problems. Took about an hour and a half, maybe two.
What did you key into the search bar to see if there was a free upgrade available at the :47 second mark?
Many thanks for that tutorial!
Nice to have that option. My Dad still has 8.1 on his laptop, so we may do this at some point. That said, the battery in it is on its last legs and it may not be possible to find a replacement as it is an older model now. We will see.....
You can replace the battery
@@Britec09 Cheers! I'll remind hinm sometime.
You're welcome
I bought 2 replacement batteries for 7-8 year old laptops, and they were both bad - probably been sitting on shelf for 8 years
I get to the final stage where it says "your device may restart several times." I'm on 60ish % and then boom "Failed to Install Windows 10."
Any ideas on how to correct this?
I have the same problem. Anyone know how to fix this?
Me too!
ditto
Anyone find a fix
@@fakesmile3430 ME TO "HELP"
so i can still use my computer when its outdated ? or is there an problem?
whatced video followed instructions This worked for me Thanks
It does work. It took like 4hrs to update but now I can use the laptop for two more years.
Did you upgrade on the same ssd? What happens if your current ssd is running out of space?
I have tried several times to upgrade to Win10 from 8.1 with the media creation tool but I get to 73% every time and it quits and says it failed. No code, nothing to indicate what happened. Any ideas what is going on? Thanks
Same idk how many times it's failed by now
Same problem
@@trent1 haven't tried to do the upgrade mentioned here, I will post here when I do
I was having this same exacts issue for over a year until yesterday, when I tried to download the Xbox app. It requires windows 10 to run, and prompted me to update my computer. When it updated it started with a different thing called the windows update assistant. Once it got to installation it went way slower, and I know have Windows 10. This could very well be coincidence, but I think it might be worth a try
thank you very very very much, you help me a lot
much appreciated!
If Microsoft extends Windows 10 support without having to do the enterprise Windows support like for Windows 7 I'll be surprsed considering Windows 10 was originally launched in July of 2015 so that would be 90 days passed 10 years for MS to keep Windows 10 support going.
They will extend support for windows 10
@@Britec09 I don’t know about that Microsoft may be sliding toward the Apple approach and when Apple no longer supports something in the words of Dark Horse “There’s no goin’ back!”
do you lose any files or programs with 8.1 to 10..upgrade by iso?
Hey Brian, just so you know I THINK the only platform that officially supports Windows 7 all the way up to Windows 11 is Skylake-X, but I'm fairly certain there's no upgrade path between Windows 8.1 and Windows 11 like there is 8.1 -> 10, so really going to 10 is your best bet unless you want to do 8.1 -> 10 then 10 -> 11, which is probably more hassle than it's worth (providing you're very fortunate to have a W11 capable Win8.1 machine).
Also I think the reason the free upgrading is still in place is because Microsoft have never really retained activation info as well as they probably should've. Like you'd be surprised how many times I have managed to reuse OEM keys on completely different hardware (providing they've been dormant for a long time) and activated online just fine (especially Microsoft Office back in the day OEM keys existed for that, but Windows has worked too). Perhaps Microsoft just doesn't like retaining activation info long term because it's just too expensive to do so, which would equally apply to not wanting to retain info on valid Win7/8 keys for Windows 10 if that was the case. But I'm not sure.
Either way, is there really many people still using Windows 8.1 today?
about 5% of windows users, it was a requested video
I think it's less than that tbh, I'm actually very surprised Chrome isn't ending support for Windows 8.1 on the same day as they will Windows 7. Much like they did XP and Vista at the same time.
Windows 8 & Windows 8.1 = 5%
@@russ254 I have Windows 10 on 3 laptops that originally had a core duo CPU and Vista - as long as you have 4GB and SSD, windows 10 will work quite well.
After I got my Dell 8700 XPS that came with Win 8.1, there was a free upgrade from Microsoft to Win 10. I took advantage of that. It lasted about 6 months and totally crashed to the point where I had to reinstall. My only backup was of the data, not an image. Dell would only send me 8.1. I installed that and did not “upgrade” again as I regarded Win 10 suspiciously. Still on 8.1 as it works fine.
Not yet, my 2013 Asus may won't issue any driver for my laptop
Brilliant thanks
Tried same method presented in the video, after downloading all files and updates installer says that it can't define if there is enough free space on the disc (25 GB free space)
After upgrading to Windows 10 from 8.1, it isn't possible to create a recovery usb drive for Windows 10. Is there a solution for this issue? Thanks.
I want to know , mine when I'm in the process of installing it after the long wait it just cancels the process and then I have to restart ...... So can you tell what the problem is
The Windows 10 website does have an "Upgrade now" button for me. I'm currently backing up my documents, so can't try it out yet. But I assume I can use that.
Whats the best way to backup my data? Do you mean onto a hard drive stick?
Im running windows 7 pro and setup failed to validate product key. Do you think if I tried to upgrade from Windows 8.1 that might be the fix?
My windows 8.1 Pro activation key is embedded in to the bios, will the windows 10 installation pick up on the key from bios or firmware and activate windows?
i bought a product key but it's useless because when i'm starting to upgrade my laptop it lags and crashes to pc ran into a problem it counts to 100% and restarts my laptop
is there anyway to fix it
Thanks for the video.
You are welcome!
do u know if the uprade from 8.1 to windows 10 will be free some day?
Well. We can just Join the ESU If we can.
Windows Server 2012 R2 is having the NT Version 6.3.9600 so We can install Windows Server 2012 R2 Updates on Windows 8.1
How many time required to complete upgrade to windows 10?
When I try to run the media creation tool it says. This app can't run on your pc. To find apps for this pc, open the windows store. And I just don't know what to do I'm very stressed
I have Windows 11 on my lap top and 365. I have an old laptop with windows 8 on it that will not support windows 11, but I want to upgrade it to windows 10. I'm trying to upgrade it to 10 and it is prompting me for a key and the windows 11 key does not work. Is there anything else I can do?
Jan 2023 and couldn’t figure this out. Thanks to you this worked!!!! 👍👍👍☺️☺️
Glad I could help!
Plz tell me, will this upgrade process be successful if my laptop windows 8.1 is not activated?
Blimey, that orange colour at the start is a bit Bright, Britec!
That was the original colours of windows 8.1
I just upgraded from 8.1 to 10 using this, Thank you!
January 15th 2023.
WHAT? FR? I just tried two day ago and was unable to. I don't want to end up paying. PLEASE TELL ME HOW YOU DID IT.
@@90sK1dFOr3v3r same, how can you do it?
I need help, when I want to download it says: There was a problem running this tool, and there's an error code. What do I do now?
W10 from Scratch that Is my only option,erase that junk,save old files It has not sense,thanks for your video.
I agree
Good thing I had ousted W 8.1 and installed W 10 a few weeks ago, thanks for the info. 😎 👍
Enjoy it
I'm gobsmacked that you lasted all this time with W8.x. Great staying power.
@@Britec09 My bro's 8.1 key has expired and he recently learned about the end of life. Question: If he buys a new 8.1 key to activate, will it still be valid if he upgrades to W10?
Can I upgrade my computer to windows 10 then after that's done upgrade my motherboard and CPU would this work better than using the ISO image to upgrade to new system
Thanks bro you saved my life😂
Yo bro listen to me THANK YOU SO MUCH that was extremly helpful thank you so much i really aprecciate it
in 10 years time, "Upgrade Windows 10 to Windows 12 For Free"
Windows 10 EOL will be extended, I'm calling it now.
Good video - welshtony1 should have a Extra Special Shoutout :P hahaha
lol you get to many shoutouts as it is
@@Britec09 I disagree :P haha
TONYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY there you go
i've been trying to do this, but after so much time, when it finally says installing windows 10, after afew minutes it just says windows 10 installation has failed
me too😭
Disable wifi once it looks for updates
Yes, I got a free upgrade to w10. No problems whatsoever. Took me about 3 hours to complete.
why did it take 3 hours?
@@ruffiyan downloading and installing all updates.
I already have windows 8.1 pro genuine version, I tried with media creation tool and now it is windows 10 pro with activated!, But in Microsoft page they have not mentioned this
Does this still work? I need to know
Windows 8.1 is obsolete in less than a month.
While updating I am being asked to enter a product Key and while applying it, it says that it's incorrect
what about a dual boot PC with mint as first boot device? thanks
i can confirm that the upgrade from 8.1 to 10 pro was successful without any issues, my key was embedded into the bios and activated windows 10 automatically, took about 30mins to fully update.
Did you have to pay??? I am backing up my hard drive right now
@@andresbur15 nope did not pay for anything, I did worry it might not work cause of the windows key but luckily mine is a dell and the key is in the bios, all went fine just like you I backed up my hdd/image first and then just downloaded the Windows 10 creation tool from Microsoft and and upgraded with no issues at all, it installed really fast, I thought it might take a few hours.
@@ruffiyan my computer is super slow, so i am still working on it. If it works i will be replacing the current hard drive with a SSD.
how do i get to the download windows 10 part i cant get to get that part
thank you it worked march 2024
Didn’t know they were still supporting 8.1 the u.i still would have been great for tablets though
Extended support
It was the best tablet OS bar none.
do in need the license now for the upgrade?
I have the discs for Win 8 and 8.1, and might give installing it onto a spare SSD, and see what happens...:)
I also bought 2-3 keys (for about 18 quid) many years ago for them and Win 10...
I also have two SSD's with a Win 7 upgrades, and one SSD with an actual Win 10 on it.
If it all goes wrong I still have 2 workable Win 10's to use....:)
I keep these 'spare' SSD's to use, because doing a Win 10 fresh installation, is a pain in the bewtocks, as it takes a few days installing software, checking it works, games, and other stuff to knock it into shape....
I still have a windows 8.1 pc because my epson scanner has drivers for windows 8.1 only and has no drivers for win10/11. Do you know of a reliable scanner that has drivers for win11?
Windows 8 drivers will probably work fine for the Epson scanner. I have a V500, dual boot, 7 and 10 and the scanner is fine.
YES AWESOME VIDEO
You're welcome
Tried to do it today but screen is locked. Any advice?
I have a doubt. I have installed about 90 apps in my laptop having 8.1 which also has a free working version of office 2013. So if I upgrade it will all the 90 apps go away and start from scratch? Or will it remain even after upgrading to windows 10? Pls reply TIA.
Before you commit to the upgrade process, it will tell you what it keeps and what you lose
@@Britec09 Thanks for the response!! But will it keep the apps? Because I have to convince my dad to let me continue with the process and this feels like a strong point that's why. Thanks!!
windows 8.1 runs much faster on my laptop than windows 10
Windows 8 is like the Sony Vita, it exists but you've never actually seen it in real life.
And both were released in 2012, though 8.1 came out in 2013.
does cdkey sales have tobe fresh install
My pc doesn’t open media creation tool what should i do???