Complete step by step Guide and How to upgrade to Windows 10 for free

Hello folks, in our previous post we looked at the the Windows 10 release dates, features and how to reserve your Windows 10 free upgrade (with short description). Click here to read previous post. But in this post we will be looking at complete step by step guide to reserve windows 10 free upgrade. Before you begin you might want to make a note:

NOTE:

In order to reserve your free upgrade to Windows 10 you need to be a qualified windows user to be able to participate in reserving the same. If not we are sorry you won't be able to reserve and upgrade to windows 10. This is what Microsoft has planned right now. We believe you got our note! Right? OK then let's move to steps now.

Step 1:

As said you need to be a  qualifed  windows user and has ability to update your windows. So check for an update in Windows update option found in the control pannel and update the same. Click on the image to see the Get Windows 10 app found on the right side of the task bar, after we updated our system running Windows 8.1 Pro.

Step 2:

Click on the Get Windows 10 app (see the image above). You should see the following screen.

Step 3:

 Click on "Reserve your free upgrade". After clicking you must see the following screen. Great, your upgrade is reserved! Though you can skip email confirmation but we would recommend you to enter your email to get a confirmation.

Step 4:

The following screen appears after entering your email address in step 3.

That's it for now. Sit back and relax. You will be notified when your updgrade is ready.

How to Verify you have reserved your free upgrade?

There are  two method for this:

1) Get Windows 10 App: If you click get windows 10 app again  after processing all the above steps you will see the following screen and you won't find any option for Reserving your free upgrades that means you have successfully reserved your windows 10 free upgrade.

2) Email Confirmation: If you have completed step 3 you should receive the email confirmation for the same. That means you have successfully Reserved your free upgrades. Here is the snapshot of email confirmation from Microsoft.

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Windows 10 release date, features and how to reserve & upgrade for free

Well, the much awaited OS from Microsoft after a span of 8 months from it's Technical Preview version to final version is ready to release. Presenting the all new Windows 10, coming your way to heat up the summer this July.

On June 1st, Microsoft announced that it will release windows 10 worldwide on July 29, 2015 with a free upgrade to all. Don't get confuse or happy to hear Free Upgrade. Because Microsoft is making Windows 10 as free upgrades (till July 29, 2016 you have one year to take advantage of this free upgrade) only for qualified (if you are able to update your windows) Windows 7, Windows 8.1 users though it was rumored that it will be available for non qualified pirated version of the windows, which Microsoft has said passively. 

How to get your free upgrade ?

• As said, first you need to be a qualified windows user and has the ability to update your Windows to receive the small windows icon which is a Get Windows 10 app found at the right end of the task bar.

• Now click on the Get Windows 10 app and "Reserve your free upgrade in the app windows.

• Enter an email address which is an optional choice, just a confirmation about your reservation to the free windows upgrade.

• All set. Now relax and get notified when it becomes available for you to download. 

• Click here to read the complete step by step guide to upgrade to Windows 10

Features & Specification:

In terms of features and specification, Microsoft has plenty of do-things to provide with its Windows 10 BitLocker To Go, Cortana, Continuum, InstantGo, TPM 2.0 Two factor authentication, Windows Hello are the few unique features present in Windows 10. To know more about additional requirements to use certain features, Feature deprecation section and other info click here.