[trhway]

exactly - either forced upgrade or downloading and running some utility from a site/company i see for the first time and have never heard about :)

[morganvachon]

Steve Gibson is one of the most trusted developers of the past few decades. His SpinRite software is a life saver.

Please read about him before dismissing him out of hand because you've not heard of him. There's more to the world than what's inside your box.

[TillE]

Steve Gibson is a little strange, but he's trustworthy.

[xufi]

Yep, I have to say the second I heard about GRC and discovered the software he made such as SpinRIte for HDD"s I was hooked

[curiousgal]

You can check the technical details https://www.grc.com/never10/details.htm

It basically does what Microsoft would do in order to keep Windows from upgrading.