I have a new laptop (preinstalled with Win 10 Home) and would like to install Win 10 Pro there. But I was not asked (unlike I know it) which Windows I would like to install.
How can I work around this and install Win 10 Pro?
Download Windows 10 Pro from the Internet and reinstall it. Windows 10 does not have anything like the Windows Anytime Update. It's the best and most straightforward option. Back up your data beforehand. Don't make any updates to another OS version because most of the time it doesn't work well.
I used the Media Creation Tool. I will certainly not download an ISO from anywhere else
Then you have already had a stick prepared by the tool and can now install Pro
In some cases you can simply swap the key in the installed home for a Pro and Win takes care of the rest
But it doesn't always work from experience
It's also logical that the laptop doesn't ask you for the Windows version when you set it up.
After all, you bought the laptop with a certain Windows license. Then why should the manufacturer give you the upgrade for free?
You can reinstall windows using the Windows Media Creation Tool. Your license falls by the wayside.
Yes, but I'm not asked which Windows I want to install. Normally you can always choose which Win you want to install. Not me, it installs Windows Home directly
The installation finds the license information stored in the BIOS and installs 10 Home. Simply enter the Pro Key after installation and the Pro Features will be activated.
I have a Windows 10 Pro Key, I just want the installer to ask me which Windows I want to install.
But he installs WIn Home directly without asking anything
Perhaps the laptop manufacturer has its own program for data backup and security for the laptop. That often gets in the way.
Take a look which programs were pre-installed and which of them you can deactivate or even delete.
You would have to download the ISO from Microsoft and then install it.
Please note, however, that you will also need a different product key for this.
I did both. I used the Media Creation Tool, but the installer doesn't ask me for the product key or the Win version that I want to install. That is the problem xD
Download it here:
https://software-download.microsoft.com/db/Win10_20H2_German_x64.iso?t=55e077be-b0ca-4329-b40c-0bccf270d6e2&e=1609052525&h=64847426081dde1502b2bf3bb4c4fe85
Is the most recent feature update.
Microsoft offers the disk images themselves on their side.
