[theolympusguy]

I installed windows 10 on my surface pro but what will happen in-between the ending of the technical preview and the coming out of windows 10. I can not go back and reinstall 8.1 I don't believe and if I can, how so? I don't want to be left without a tablet for months on end while waiting on win 10 to roll out..

any ideas?

[kingkoopa09]

You wont have to do anything, keep it updated til consumer edition rolls out, its a free upgrade the first year so should be no problems windows 8 was different because at the end u had to buy it

[tiziano27]

You can use the preview until Windows 10 is ready, then It will be updated to automatically.

[Wevenhuis]

Maybe it's good to know that you can also revert back to windows 8.1 on your surface pro. I am currently also testing windows 10 on my surface pro first gen. The technical preview already provides a revert to 8.1 at the startup of the OS. Before installing windows 10, the microsoft website also shows and tells you how you can make a recovery flash drive for windows 8.1 for your surface pro device. If you did that before installing and now know that the preview provides a revert option, you can go two ways: forward to an official windows 10 in due time or back to windows 8.1 which is still a very good and powerful operating system for the surface pro.

[anon(5383410)]

If you can upgrade directly from the Tech Preview to the rtm, cant you just install the TP on an old laptop and then upgrade without having ever purchased a copy of 7/8/8.1 for that machine? Unless you're required to have 7/8/8.1 to install TP (I don't remember just blasted through the setup). Licensing is becoming so convoluted.

[kingkoopa09]

Must have 7 8 8.1 to install wont work on my vista as upgrade

[ajayden]

Maybe it's good to know that you can also revert back to windows 8.1 on your surface pro. I am currently also testing windows 10 on my surface pro first gen. The technical preview already provides a revert to 8.1 at the startup of the OS. Before installing windows 10, the microsoft website also shows and tells you how you can make a recovery flash drive for windows 8.1 for your surface pro device. If you did that before installing and now know that the preview provides a revert option, you can go two ways: forward to an official windows 10 in due time or back to windows 8.1 which is still a very good and powerful operating system for the surface pro.

We must have Win 7/8/8.1 installed on the computer, to upgrade to Windows 10.

​For the OP : Nothing to worry. Your Surface will be updated to the completed version Windows 10.