If we can consolidate all the windows 10 install questions to this thread i can help people a lot more efficiently but lets keep it about upgrades and installs though please so i dont have to sort through other comments. Honestly i would wait for the release there is nothing that needs dx12 yet.

No one knows if it will release later today or a month from now microsoft hasnt released word. Your not missing anything theres nothing built to use it yet. People are currently showing dx11.3 dx 12 is still insider access only and if you want dx12 go into windows update, advanced options, insider builds, get started then after you load the newest insider build it will have dx12. Heres another walkthrough if you want further reading You dont need rufus or anything else the tool formats the usb correctly. To clean install use the same tool here again.Īnd choose the windows 10 home edition during setup to burn it to a usb. Now you can use it as upgraded or you can clean install over everything. You dont need to have your actual key written down as its embedded but if it makes you feel better you can run the following command in CMD to find the product key associated with your Windows installation: wmic path softwarelicensingservice get OA3xOriginalProductKey.ģ. You can use the same key to reinstall windows 8.1 after this process so dont worry.ġ. I have done 14 g751 windows 10 upgrades today most clean installs some just standard upgrades. Since people seem to ask a lot of the same questions and have spread this out i am making this simple guide.

Upgrade win 8.1 to win 10 free