
You should not install this version on production computers or on computers that you don’t feel comfortable about losing the data on. Microsoft clearly states that this is a buggy version, and you need to be prepared in case something stops working. Although everyone may join, download, and install it, you must know your way around a PC, know how the OS works, know what to expect and how to troubleshoot issues if they don’t work as expected to really benefit from the technical preview. It is also important to note that at this point of writing, the Windows 10 technical preview is not for everyone. Windows 10 Technical Preview: Install at your own risk Therefore, whatever we write in this article may likely be void once we approach the official Windows 10 OS release date sometime in mid-2015.

It likely will change between what it is now and what the released to manufacturing (RTM) version will look, feel, and how it will work. At this point, Windows 10 is in pre-beta technical preview format, meaning that it is just a conceptual demo of how some of the new OS features and interface will look like.

Note: This article was written in November 2014. But we haven’t posted a detailed how-to on the installation itself, so enter this how-to guide. We’ve already posted articles on how to run the Windows 10 Technical Preview in a VMware Workstation virtual machine, as well as in a Hyper-V virtual machine. So you came here because you want to learn how to install Windows 10.
