Windows 10: can I install windows 10 on an old laptop?

I bought a second hand cheap laptop, I have to do an assignment using windows It does not work on iOS. Anyway, it has a windows 7, when I go into the system updates, it only shows windows 7, can I update into a newer version somehow?I got an error message when I tried to do it online: "Not sure what happened, but we are unable to run this tool. Reference code 0x80072F8F- 0x200000Thank you.

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windows xp installation and dual core am

could someone please list the steps they follow to install windows with a dual core processor and windows xp service pack to. I'm reletively new to amd dual core and i feel i'm missing a step. All help will be appreciated. thanx

 

Is it time for Windows 10 already?

Here's a good step by step guide on doing a fresh install.

How to clean install Windows 10 from a USB drive - Software - Feature - HEXUS.net

 

Installing Windows 10 on New PC?

I'm going to be building a new PC on Christmas and want to install Windows 10 on it. I have Windows 10 on my current PC, which I installed upgrading from 8.1 with the files on a USB. How do I go about installing a clean copy of Windows 10 on this new PC? I think I recall something about installing it once makes Microsoft recognize your hardware, but since this will be a PC I'm not sure what steps I need to take. Do I need to go 8.1 -> 10 or is there a method of going directly to 10?