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Windows 10 Pro download installation on new HDD

Anonymous
2019-09-18T18:21:12+00:00

I have an HP Elitebook 8560P laptop and want to replace the current Windows 7 Pro  HDD with  with a new HP clean HDD.  I then wish to purchase Windows 10 Pro from Microsoft and download it to a flash drive.  Will the flash drive containing the downloaded Windows 10 boot itself and install on the blank HDD?  The Elitebook has a Intel Core i7 2720QM CPU @ 2.20 GHz, 8 GB of RAM and the SATA HDD is  500GB.

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-09-18T21:37:15+00:00

    I would do a bit more research first.

    HP supports XP > Windows 8.1 on that specific model number.

    https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/hp-EliteBook-8560p-notebook-pc/5056949

    HP Products Tested with Windows 10

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    "Windows 10 System Requirements"

    https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-10/3884/windows-10-system-requirements

    https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/windows-10-specifications#sysreqs

    If you read those Microsoft's system requirements for 10, you will find that if you only go on them you will be sadly disappointed in performance.

    You should at least double what they say.

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    Detailed information on Minimum hardware requirements:

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/minimum/minimum-hardware-requirements-overview

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    How to buy Windows 10:

    http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en\_US/cat/Windows/categoryID.70036700

    Use the Windows 10 media creation tool on the Software download page 

    "How to Clean Install Windows 10"

    http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1950-windows-10-clean-install.html

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    How to Create Bootable USB Flash Drive to Install Windows 10 from

    This tutorial will show you how to create a bootable USB flash drive that can be used to installWindows 10 with or without UEFI.

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    To access BIOS/UEFI - UEFI/EFI configuration:

    https://neosmart.net/wiki/boot-usb-drive/

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    "Activation in Windows 10" (Digital entitlement)

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-au/help/12440/windows-10-activation

    Cheers.

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-09-18T23:36:43+00:00

    Make sure you keep a system image backup of 7 in case you have problems:

    These are quite good programs to use for Complete PC Backup and are free:

    "EaseUS Todo Backup Free"

    http://www.todo-backup.com/products/home/free-backup-software.htm

    "Welcome to EaseUS Todo Backup Manual"

    http://www.todo-backup.com/support/help/

    http://www.todo-backup.com/download/docs/User\_Guide.pdf

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    "AOMEI Backupper Standard"

    http://www.backup-utility.com/free-backup-software.html

    "Configure and automate AOMEI Backupper in Windows"

    https://www.winhelp.us/configure-aomei-backupper-in-windows.html

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    "Macrium Reflect Free"

    http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.aspx

    "Macrium Reflect Tutorial"

    http://www.macrium.com/webtutorial/tutorial.asp

    Cheers.

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-09-18T23:21:15+00:00

    Thanks, Bill.  I appreciate it very much.  I'll look at all the information and then I'll decide to either attempt it or just break down and purchase a desktop and perhaps a tablet.  Thanks again.

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