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Dell Venue 8 Pro and Windows 10

I was putting off upgrading my Dell Venue 8 Pro to Windows 10. I decided to try the upgrade and see if Windows 10 is any good on this tablet. 1. Took system backup in case something goes wrong.      Using Dell Backup and Recovery and 8GB USB stick, I did system backup.      It took about 1 hour. 2. Downloaded Windows 10 installer from Microsoft site. 3. Ran the installer - took about several hours      I chose to erase apps and personal files 4. Updated BIOS     Dell driver autodetect insisted on doing Firmware update but it always failed when doing         automatic update. I ran manually and the program complained there is already the same or newer     version of the driver installed. Caution: If you like Dell's default wallpaper on Venue Pro 8, I recommend backing up the wallpaper before upgrading. I forgot to back it up and ended up losing it. No...