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Windows 10 Trial Only

I recently downloaded windows 10 using my boot camp, but the windows 10 was only a trial, is there any way i can get windows 10 without spending any money?

MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2015), OS X Yosemite (10.10.4)

Posted on Aug 27, 2015 7:08 PM

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mende1

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Aug 27, 2015 11:09 PM in response to brainmac

No. Microsoft only offers Windows 10 for free if you were upgrading from Windows 7 or Windows 8.1, not for clean installations. This means that you can try installing Windows 7 or Windows 8 (if you have got the ISO image and a product key), and then upgrading to Windows 10 when Windows Update asks you for

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brainmac Author

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Aug 27, 2015 11:45 PM in response to mende1

Yeah, I thought of that plan a while ago, but I can't find a place to download windows 7 or 8 (I have a product key for windows 7 and 8)

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Loner T

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Aug 28, 2015 2:34 AM in response to brainmac

brainmac wrote:

Yeah, I thought of that plan a while ago, but I can't find a place to download windows 7 or 8 (I have a product key for windows 7 and 8)

Please see https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/home .

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Sep 27, 2015 1:46 AM in response to mende1

I want to create 3 partition on macbook pro the fist one for mac and second for windows and the third one for both of them

Please note that I will use bootcamb to install windows 10

How can I do that

Regards

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Loner T

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Sep 27, 2015 7:00 AM in response to abdelgayed1210

abdelgayed1210 wrote:

I want to create 3 partition on macbook pro the fist one for mac and second for windows and the third one for both of them

Please note that I will use bootcamb to install windows 10

How can I do that

Regards

This is not supported by Apple on single disk Macs prior to Late 2013 models. External disks can be shared between the two OSes depending on appropriate partitioning and formatting.

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