Is it actually now possible to install afresh without upgrading first

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I've seen a few places mentioning that a method has been found to avail yourself of the free Windows 10 upgrade without actually upgrading your OS, i.e. so you can do a fresh install straight away.

The method appears to involve running an executable called gatherosstate.exe to generate a file called GenuineTicket.xml before re-installing afresh. This file is then moved into the Windows 10 installation.

Details seem sketchy so I was wondering if anyone has tried this or has any more info. I'm about to bite the bullet and try Windows 10 but I could really do without the hassle of upgrading first as I just want to install afresh to a new drive.
 
My Win7 install is a mess and needs re-installing anyway so the last thing I want to do is upgrade it to Win10.

My original plan was to upgrade it to Win10 and activate so it's registered with Microsoft, then immediately restore my boot SSD from a bare metal backup so it's back to Windows 7. I'd then put that to one side, hook up the new SSD and install Win10 afresh. That way I've got my old Win7 SSD available at a moment's notice if I need it for any reason. Once I'm happy with Win10 and sure all my apps & games are working then I'd format and repurpose the original SSD.

This new method makes life a lot easier as I don't need to do anything with the current SSD, just disconnect and put it to one side. I've generated the GenuineTicket.xml file already and will be trying this tomorrow.
 
pepp77 said:
You can already do a fresh install of windows 10 if you have already upgraded that machine from w7/8 to 10.
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Of course you can! I'm on about a fresh install WITHOUT first upgrading.

Craig321 said:
tbh, I would do it the official way, so upgrade. I never fully trust these dodgy workarounds or programs that can do it for you. It doesn't take long to go to 10, then wipe and reinstall 10. Just don't sit and watch it else it'll take forever :D
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I kind of know what you mean but, from what I've read, this "trick" is basically just doing manually what the upgrade process does automatically so ought to work. Guess we'll find out - if it fails then I can always go back and upgrade Win7 after all :)
 
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