Installing Windows 10 on tested harddrive

[photolady]

Ordered non SSD 500GB for $28.00 from Amazon. Will be here Tuesday. The other drive I had here isn't even being seen by the BIOS, so I had no other option than to order him a new drive.

[Midknyte]

Ah ok. Good luck with the new drive

[photolady]

Thanks. I think it will be a breeze on the new drive.

[photolady]

So far so good. New harddrive, new DVD drive and it's taking a lot less time to install Windows 10.

[photolady]

And then, it decides I need to login when he doesn't even have an email account. So, I deleted the partitions, created new ones and attempting to install his original Windows 7 instead.

[Midknyte]

And then, it decides I need to login when he doesn't even have an email account.

I'm not sure what you mean. You can install with a local account.
http://www.thewindowsclub.com/instal...-local-account

[photolady]

If you provide an email address. I already tried that and it didn't work any better.

[Midknyte]

If you provide an email address.

A local account doesn't require an email address.

[photolady]

Okay. Every time I tried to do a local account setup, I'd get the Microsoft notification. Reading the info you gave me in my other thread, I see a step I missed. I'm going to attempt the upgrade later because allergies are making my eyes burn and it's hard to focus on what I'm reading.

[Midknyte]

It's possible that the local account links have changed between each of the Win10 releases. MS switches things around without warning, so you might need to look at the screens carefully.

[photolady]

On the .iso I got it shows a list of available installations. These start with Windows 10s then go on to Windows 10 Home, I think Pro was one of them too. Which would you choose to install on his computer?

[Midknyte]

I'm assuming you upgraded from Win7 or 8/8.1? If you upgraded from Win7 Home Premium, then you'd use Win10 Home.
I.E. Home to Home or Pro to Pro.

Win10S is a stripped-down version of Win10. I wouldn't even bother with it.

[jdc2000]

Windows 10s only allows you to install Windows Store Apps (there aren't any of those that you would likely want), so you probably don't want that. I wouldn't choose anything less than Pro, but you might be able to get by with Home. Below are some links to a comparison of the three:

https://www.digitaltrends.com/comput...e-vs-pro-vs-s/

https://www.techadvisor.co.uk/featur...-10-s-3618710/

https://www.windowscentral.com/windo...ion-comparison

https://www.techradar.com/news/softw...lained-1299310

https://www.pcworld.com/article/2952...o-upgrade.html

[photolady]

I'll do home version. I figured the 10s was like a previous OS that was called "starter".

[Midknyte]

Win10S is a stripped down version that was made to compete with Chromebooks. You definitely don't want that.