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I'm trying to upgrade my Windows 7 laptop, a Dell Latitude 3540, with a dual boot with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.

When I try to upgrade it, and it reboot, I'll select the Windows OS from GRUB, and then the setup fails, because it allow me to login again.

How can I upgrade it anyway?

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Windows tries to reboot into a recovery state to update, GRUB is jumping in before this. Use the Media Creation Tool to make a 10 disk image and boot from CD or USB.

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  • will it be free anyway? I heard that only upgraded systems will result as a free one.
    – abierto
    Oct 6, 2015 at 8:10
  • Chose upgrade install when you do it, NOT clean install. Once its booted up it'll self activate within a few minutes.
    – Linef4ult
    Oct 6, 2015 at 8:30
  • oh, cool! so i can run the same upgrade even from boot! thanks ;)
    – abierto
    Oct 6, 2015 at 8:32
  • Actually you can't I am not sure what the author of this answer is suggesting though..
    – Ramhound
    Oct 6, 2015 at 10:08
  • You upgrade with external media. Create the media(USB/CD), reboot, hit [esc/del/f2/f12] w/e to get bios boot menu and away you go.
    – Linef4ult
    Oct 6, 2015 at 10:26

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