Surface Pro 3 Windows 10 Upgrade Clean Install and Recovery Partition

Anonymous
2015-07-17T19:54:51+00:00

I read that you can take your Surface to a MS store to have them install Windows 10 on it. Has anyone read the details, I can't seem to find out if this is going to be a new, clean install or an upgrade. And, will it update the recovery partition similar to what we have for Win8? I would guess I can use the iso files and do a clean install myself, but, I'm doubt I'd be able to update the recovery partition from the iso.

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Anonymous
2016-03-28T17:43:58+00:00

For Surface Pro 3, it is possible to perform a clean install of Windows 10 through the use of a downloaded recovery image. This will put your device into the same state as it would be in when purchased new with Windows 10 installed.

Until the free Windows 10 upgrade offer ends on July 29th, 2016 you can use the Windows 10 recovery image on a Surface Pro 3 that has never had Windows 10 installed and it will activate using the product key that came with the device. After July 29th, 2016 the Windows 10 recovery image will only activate on devices that came with Windows 10 or had previously installed and activated Windows 10.

To use the recovery image:

  1. Go to the Download a recovery image for your Surface page and select your product.
  2. You should see the original Windows 8 image that shipped with your Surface, as well the new Windows 10 Version 1511 image.
  3. Click Download and follow the rest of the steps to create the Windows 10 recovery drive and use it to reset Surface.
  4. For more detailed information, see our Restore or reset Surface article.

 

Hope this helps,

Greg

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  1. Barb Bowman 80,810 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2015-07-31T10:44:07+00:00

    On Thu, 30 Jul 2015 22:41:04 +0000, grayjd4412 wrote:

    >>I have restarted and rebooted my SP3, and tried running a script in command prompt, but still no icon and no way to get windows 10.

    1. 21 gigs is borderline. you might want to temporarily free up some space if

    you can by moving documents or data to removable storage or OneDrive

    1. there has been a bad missing GWX icon experience for several days (missing in

    action). they rolled out a fix last night.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-07-30T22:41:04+00:00

    I have a Surface Pro 3 with Windows 8.1 installed and 21 GB of space free. I have checked Windows Update multiple times and I have no updates at all. I have the two updates required for Windows 10 installed successfully, but still no icon in the taskbar. I have restarted and rebooted my SP3, and tried running a script in command prompt, but still no icon and no way to get windows 10.

    Does anybody have any solutions, tips or anything? Any help would be much appreciated!!

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-07-30T18:55:26+00:00

    Well, you were right. Even though the option said "Windows 10" when it was done it was Windows 8.1. I guess it picked up that Windows 10 was the currently installed OS and didn't actually check what version was in the restore image.

    I am now installing the Windows 8.1 updates hoping that it will give me the option for Windows 10 again. I guess an upgrade from a clean 8.1 install is good enough for now. I do hope that eventually they update the Surface Pro 3 restore image with a Windows 10 version though.

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-07-30T16:54:26+00:00

    Hello Kazi Mamun ,

    Thank you for reaching out the Surface community and expressing your interest in installing Windows 10. You may see this link for help in finding some information.

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