Did Windows 10 slow down with each feature update?

Re:Did Windows 10 slow down with each feature update? by brudgers on Monday June 21, 2021 @05:47PM (#27584946)

I have never had an issue installing Windows 10 to a machine I upgraded to an ssd…I had hell with an old Dell Precision workstation because of the built in RAID controller…but that’s another story…and when I upgraded that machine to W7 from XP 64 bit, I bought new spinning rust for it. But W8 went smooth and I got W10 working by disabling the RAID during install (I used an SSD for boot).

That machine, with dual e5405’s is still in service for gaming at my kid’s place.

Physical install media for 10 is a matter of downloading an .exe and selecting the option for making a thumb drive as the installation disk and then booting from it.

It’s relatively straight forward but there are a few moving parts for sure. Typically f12 to select boot device.

2009 was a long time ago in tech terms.

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Re:Did Windows 10 slow down with each feature update? by mulmen on Monday June 21, 2021 @11:18PM (#27587573)

This was the "free" upgrade to 10 from 7. It only offered in-place upgrades. I didn't want to go through the pain of an actual fresh install. I don't really understand why Microsoft couldn't (didn't) give the option to install to a new drive while upgrading.

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Re:Did Windows 10 slow down with each feature update? by brudgers on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @12:11AM (#27587910)

The upgrade is still free…or at least they still are for me in the US as recently as earlier this year…I have an old Vostro that gets so little use it is faster to reinstall W10 from scratch than upgrade.

The same was true for the old Precision workstation a couple of years ago when I gave it to my kid.

And several other machines including a Win7 Thinkpad off eBay.

My advice is download the installation tool and give it a try.

Backup first as needed of course.

Think of all the complaints Microsoft avoids by keeping Windows 10 available without a bunch of time, money, and rigmarole.

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Re:Did Windows 10 slow down with each feature update? by mulmen on Monday June 28, 2021 @09:01PM (#27670400)

At the time Microsoft made threats that the free upgrade path would expire.

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