Can you Download Windows 10 from One Computer, put it on Another?

[ComputerWontBoot]

My friend has a laptop using Windows 8.1, so she can download Windows 10 for free as an update. Is it possible to somehow download it onto a USB flash drive and put it onto my computer? I am not using Windows, I am using Ubuntu. I know that we can't both have it, she doesn't care.

 

[ajhockey3]

Download it via the notification in the notification tray on the taskbar for easyiest
or go here https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/software-download/windows10
and download the media creation tool to download the ISO and the tool also has a built in feature to put it on a USB stick for installation

 

[USAFRet]

My friend has a laptop using Windows 8.1, so she can download Windows 10 for free as an update. Is it possible to somehow download it onto a USB flash drive and put it onto my computer? I am not using Windows, I am using Ubuntu. I know that we can't both have it, she doesn't care.

No.
You would need a Win 10 license for your PC. Her "Windows 10 for free" only exists as an Upgrade to her current OS.
It is not a whole separate OS license.

 

[Rogue Leader]

No,

You can download to a flash, but the upgrade will look for an existing windows license that you do not have. Her license is tied to her hardware, so you're SOL.

 

[tinynja98]

Well... the problem is not with the installation of windows. You would have absoltely 0 problem installing windows from a usb flash drive to your computer (just skip all the activation steps). Everything will be working perfectly fine, but the problem will be the activation. If you want, you can try windows 10 for 30 days (i think?) until something happens and you need to enter a license. I've personally never had windows 10 installed without a license for more than 2 days so i can't tell what will happen then. I assume some features will be blocked... But you can buy pretty cheap license keys on internet. Here is an example.