Why move it back to Windows 7 forums.??
You want to know if you can upgrade to Windows 10 so you ask in the Windows 10 Install, Upgrade forums,, not the Windows 7 Install, Upgrade forums.
You are not trying to install Windows 7.
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Hi,
I have an old laptop with a licensed version of Windows 7 home premium. I want to update my windows 7 home premium on the old system to windows 10 for free. Is it possible? If yes, then please let me know the process and other details.
Thanks
V K Tiwari
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Why move it back to Windows 7 forums.??
You want to know if you can upgrade to Windows 10 so you ask in the Windows 10 Install, Upgrade forums,, not the Windows 7 Install, Upgrade forums.
You are not trying to install Windows 7.
You may or may not still get 10 for free, but you first have to see if 10 is compatible with your device.
The free upgrade to Windows 10 offer from Microsoft expired on the 29th July, 2016.
Also read this information:
All the Ways You Can Still Upgrade to Windows 10 for Free
Here's how you can still get a free Windows 10 upgrade | ZDNet
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A word of advice:
You should always have your data backed up to at least two external media destinations (external hard drive, DVDs, flash drive) in case of system file corruption and/or hard drive failure
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Windows 10 media creation tool on the Software download page
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"Start fresh with a clean installation of Windows 10"
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10startfresh
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This tutorial will show you step by step on how to do an upgrade to Windows 10 from Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, or Windows 10.
How to Upgrade to Windows 10
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2267-upgrade-windows-10-a.html
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Upgrade to Windows 10: FAQ - Windows Help - Microsoft Support
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Windows 10 supported upgrade paths:
✔ = Full upgrade is supported including personal data, settings, and applications.
D = Edition downgrade; personal data is maintained, applications and settings are removed.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/upgrade/windows-10-upgrade-paths
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First thing to do is to make sure that you have the correct system requirements and that your Computer Manufacturer supplies the correct Drivers for 10 for your Model Number.
Driver Downloads:
Acer:
http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/drivers
Advent:
http://www.adventcomputers.co.uk/product-downloads
Alienware:
http://support.alienware.com/Support_Pages/Restricted_Pages/driver_downloads.aspx
Asus:
Dell:
http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/19/ProductSelector
eMachines:
http://www.emachines.com/ec/en/US/content/drivers
Fujitsu:
http://www.fujitsu.com/us/support/
Gateway: https://www.gateway.com/gw/en/US/content/drivers-downloads
HP:
http://www8.hp.com/us/en/drivers.html
Lenovo:
http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/downloads/default.page#
LG:
http://www.lg.com/us/support/software-manuals
Samsung:
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/downloads
Sony Vaio:
http://esupport.sony.com/perl/select-system.pl?DIRECTOR=DRIVER
Toshiba:
http://support.toshiba.com/drivers
"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.
For reasonable performance should have at least:
2 gigahertz (GHz) or faster processor.
4 gigabyte (GB) of RAM for 32-bit or 8 GB for 64-bit
500GB hard drive
DirectX 9 or later with WDDM 1.0 driver
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Detailed information on Minimum hardware requirements:
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Some Manufacturers have listed Model Numbers tested with 10 at their website:
Acer - Windows 10 Creators Update
ASUS System Look-up - Find out if your system runs Windows 10.
Dell computers tested for Windows 10 November 2019 Update and previous versions of Windows 10
HP Products Tested with Windows 10
Lenovo devices tested for Windows 10 version 1809 (October 2018
Samsung - Find out if your system runs Windows 10.
Sony - What do I need to install Windows 10 on my PC?
Toshiba Windows 10 Upgrade Information
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If you do have to buy Windows 10:
How to buy Windows 10:
http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/cat/Windows/categoryID.70036700
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If you are upgrading to 10 at least make a system image backup for two reasons.
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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"Macrium Reflect Free"
http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.aspx
"Macrium Reflect Tutorial"
Before performing major upgrades please make free backup images and save the images to another disk drive or the cloud.
(Acronis, Aoemi, EaseUS, Macrium, Paragon, etc.)
One or more of these tutorials may be useful:
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2267-upgrade-windows-10-a.html
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/139745-upgrade-windows-10-windows-7-free.html https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/23354-clean-install-windows-10-directly-without-having-upgrade-first.html