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Can I still update Windows 7 home premium to Windows 10 for free?

Anonymous
2023-02-08T04:12:23+00:00

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

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Install and upgrade

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-02-08T07:32:28+00:00

    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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  2. Anonymous
    2023-02-08T11:40:25+00:00

    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:

    http://www.asus.com/support

    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:

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

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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

    The following Gateway laptops, desktops and tablets have been tested as being suitable to install Windows 10 Creators Update

    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 - Models tested

    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.

    1. Some people report they don't get the free upgrade and want to reinstall 7, 8, or 8.1 depending what you attempted to upgrade from..
    2. If you don't do the system checks and 10 is incompatible with your device and it becomes inoperable.

    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"

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

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-02-08T07:37:34+00:00

    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

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