During a routine refresh, you must move a user from Windows 10 Home to Windows 10 Pro. The user insists that all personal documents, installed applications, and customized settings remain untouched after the upgrade. Which Windows installation method should you choose to satisfy these requirements without performing extra data-migration steps?
An in-place upgrade installs a newer edition or version of Windows on top of the existing installation while retaining the current user profile, applications, and settings. A clean install removes everything and starts with a fresh OS, an image deployment overwrites the drive with a preconfigured image, and a repair installation reinstalls the same version primarily to fix corruption rather than upgrade editions. Therefore, the in-place upgrade best meets the scenario's need to preserve data and applications.
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