So, shortly after upgrading my machine to Windows 10 I suffered a major fault with the installation of Windows on the OS SSD drive. No fault of Windows = User Error … yes … me!
So, I took the opportunity to update the old OCZ Vertex 3 SSD to a Samsung EVO 850 250Gb SSD. Really nice drive for £77 from PC World. Surprisingly good price for a high street store as well. Anyway …
Installed Windows 10 from the DVD I had burned and couldn’t get the OS to activate with the Microsoft Servers. Very frustrating. I ended up having several phone calls with Microsoft support (3 or 5 calls were cut off so this took a while).
A short conversation with the support peeps was a little annoying. I was advised that I had to install Windows 8 (which I have a license for) then I have to upgrade that to Windows 8.1 and then upgrade that to Windows 10.
Painful? Absolutely. A day just to get the OS onto the machine … A DAY!! All the updates have to be applied between the major version upgrades.
The problem I have is that other people have been given Windows 10 specific keys by Microsoft support which is a lot nicer. I hope I don’t have to do this again, considering my day rate for work it’s significantly cheaper to simply buy a license …
So, shortly after upgrading my machine to Windows 10 I suffered a major fault with the installation of Windows on the OS SSD drive. No fault of Windows = User Error … yes … me!
So, I took the opportunity to update the old OCZ Vertex 3 SSD to a Samsung EVO 850 250Gb SSD. Really nice drive for £77 from PC World. Surprisingly good price for a high street store as well. Anyway …
Installed Windows 10 from the DVD I had burned and couldn’t get the OS to activate with the Microsoft Servers. Very frustrating. I ended up having several phone calls with Microsoft support (3 or 5 calls were cut off so this took a while).
A short conversation with the support peeps was a little annoying. I was advised that I had to install Windows 8 (which I have a license for) then I have to upgrade that to Windows 8.1 and then upgrade that to Windows 10.
Painful? Absolutely. A day just to get the OS onto the machine … A DAY!! All the updates have to be applied between the major version upgrades.
The problem I have is that other people have been given Windows 10 specific keys by Microsoft support which is a lot nicer. I hope I don’t have to do this again, considering my day rate for work it’s significantly cheaper to simply buy a license …