{"id":445,"date":"2015-08-30T19:50:29","date_gmt":"2015-08-30T19:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/?p=445"},"modified":"2020-12-12T23:47:51","modified_gmt":"2020-12-12T22:47:51","slug":"trick-how-to-upgrade-to-windows-10-with-a-clean-install","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2015\/08\/30\/trick-how-to-upgrade-to-windows-10-with-a-clean-install\/","title":{"rendered":"Trick: How to upgrade to Windows 10 using a clean install"},"content":{"rendered":"

[German<\/a>]A Windows 10 upgrade requires an installed and activated Windows 7 SP1 or Windows 8.1 and setup has to be executed from this Windows version. But it's not necessary to run a full upgrade. There is a way to do a clean install of Windows 10 and activate this copy, if the system contains an activated Windows 7 SP1 or Windows 8.1.<\/p>\n

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Requirements \u2013 only a legal path<\/p>\n

\"\"The hack discussed below doesn't provide illegal hints to activate Windows 10. It is required, that there is an activated Windows 7 SP1 or Windows 8.1. Also a Windows bootable install media created with Windows Media Creation Tool<\/a> is mandatory. Then it's possible, to create a file GenuineTicket.xml<\/em>, do a clean install and activate Windows 10. This is pretty helpful, if Windows 10 upgrade fails with a fatal error and rollback to previous Windows. <\/p>\n

A first hint from MS Answers \u2026<\/h3>\n

A user, who failed to upgrade to Windows 10 reported the problem in this US Microsoft Answers forum<\/a>. Another user mentioned, that he was able to copy a file <\/p>\n

c:\\windows.old\\panther\\genuineticket.xml<\/em> <\/p>\n

left from a failed upgrade to a USB thumb drive. The genuineticket.xml <\/em>file is generated at the beginning of the upgrade from within Windows 7 SP1 or Windows 8.1. After executing a clean install using a bootable install image, he copied genuineticket.xml<\/em> to the Windows 10 folder: <\/p>\n

c:\\programdata\\microsoft\\windows\\clipsvc\\genuineticket\\<\/em> <\/p>\n

This enables Windows 10 to activate the copy after a Windows restart. <\/p>\n

An advanced approach \u2013 create genuineticket.xml <\/h3>\n

Another user posted a short hint at reddit.com<\/a>, how to create the file genuineticket.xml<\/em> from within Windows 7 SP1 or Windows 8.1. Here are a step by step guide, how to proceed. <\/p>\n

1. First download an install image using Microsoft Media Creation<\/a> tool and let the tool create an install DVD or an USB stick. <\/p>\n

2. Open explorer and navigate to folder source <\/em>on the install media and copy the file gatherosstate.exe<\/em> from folder source <\/em>to your desktop. <\/p>\n

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3. Execute gatherosstate.exe<\/em> to create the file GenuineTicket.xml<\/em>. This must be done in an activated Windows 7 SP1 or Windows 8.1. <\/p>\n

4. Save the file GenuineTicket.xml <\/em>to an external media (USB drive, SD card). <\/p>\n

5. Boot your system with a Windows 10 install media and do a clean install. If a key is requested, skip that question. <\/p>\n

This is half way down your Windows 10 install. The problem: This copy can't be activated, because we don't have a proof that the machine ran a legite Windows for an upgrade. So we need to process the next two steps. <\/p>\n

1. Launch explorer.exe in Windows 10, go to View<\/em> tab and check the option Hidden items.<\/em> <\/p>\n

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2. Copy the saved file GenuineTicket.xml <\/em>into the folder:
C:\\ProgramData\\Microsoft\\Windows\\ClipSVC\\GenuineTicket<\/em> <\/p>\n

Then restart Windows 10. After login Windows 10 should get automatically activated. Hope it helps to install Windows 10 upgrade on machines, where Windows Update or setup.exe <\/em>throw an unrecoverable error. <\/p>\n

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Windows 10: Upgrade error 0xC1900101-0x2000A<\/a>
Windows 10: Upgrade error 0x80200013<\/a>
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Windows 10: Upgrade error 80240020<\/a>
Windows 10: Dropping App Store Error 0x803F7003<\/a>
Windows 10 upgrade: On-Screen-Keyboard\/Touchscreen fix<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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