If you still have not upgraded your genuine Windows 7/8/8.1 to Windows 10 as you don’t want the Upgrade method to install Windows 10 on your PC. Then now you can clean install Windows 10 on your genuine Windows 7/8/8.1 PC without the Upgrade method. Basically to avail free upgrade from genuine Windows 7/8/8.1 to Windows 10 you need to download a tool from Microsoft by which you can Upgrade your PC. If you try to clean install Windows 10 then you will face to activate it as you don’t have the activation product key of Windows 10 and if you try to activate Windows 10 using your old Windows 7/8/8.1 key then go to bed as it will not work.
Due to this many people fall in a trap to activate their Windows 10 by clean install. Still now a normal way to clean install Windows 1o is first upgrade your genuine Windows 7/8/8.1 to Windows 10 which does not require to activate Windows 10. Once you have upgraded to Windows 10 just this tool to retrieve the Product Key of your Windows 10 and keep it in a safe place. Now clean install Windows 10 and activate it using this product key.
It seems very long process and everyone hates it. But if I say you can clean install Windows 10 on your genuine Windows 7/8/8.1 PC without upgrading it.
How To Clean Install Windows 10 Without Upgrading
Note: First, make a backup of your current OS for safety.
Step 1: You need Windows 10 ISO, so Download this tool and create an ISO or you can download directly these
Step 2: Burn the ISO to a DVD
Step 3: Now open the DVD and navigate this folder \Windows\x64\sources or P:\Windows\x32\sources
Step 4: Just copy paste gatherosstate.exe file from there to your desktop
Step 5: Run as administrator gatherosstate.exe file, it will generate a file GenuineTicket.xml on your desktop
Step 6: Just copy this GenuineTicket.xml to a safe location like a USB drive or Google Drive, Dropbox
Step 7: Restart your PC to clean install Windows 10 by booting the DVD
Step 8: Now install Windows 10 from DVD, Make sure you skip the product key.
Step 9: Once the whole process completed, open this folder which is by default hidden
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\ClipSVC\GenuineTicket
Step 10: Now copy paste the GenuineTicket.xml there and reboot your PC
Now your Windows 10 is activated and you can check from System Properties. This is the only way to clean install Windows 1o without upgrading first. For any doubts make comments here, I will be happy to answer you.