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An icon should be present on your Win7/8 task bar which lets you reserve a copy. It does seem to be a gradual rollout though, as mine still tells me it's not available yet.

It's probably quicker to download directly via The Windows 10 Download Tool: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

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I can confirm that. I didn't see anything about Windows 10 in the Windows Update window, but upgrading via the tool worked perfectly for me.

Do you have to burn it to a USB/CD as the page suggests, or is does the tool give a way to upgrade in place without doing that?

Edit: can confirm crazysaem's experience. I did an in-place upgrade on a fully-patched 8.1 system and it worked flawlessly and relatively quickly (I kept my apps and settings). I'm not a heavy Windows user though.

You have the option to either create the USB/CD media or do an in-place upgrade. I did the in-place upgrade, which worked without problems for me. They also provide the option to either keep your apps and files or delete them. I chose to delete them, because I wanted a clean install.

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