Windows 10: Corrupted Windows 7 unable to upgrade to Windows 10

It's 3 AM as of posting this and I am asking this question because I can't stop thinking about it.


My Windows 7 has been corrupted so much that I am unable to install basic applications and games and even AMD drivers to make my PC perform better.


My theory is that installing Linux will remove all of my Windows 7 corrupted files and make room for a fresh install of Windows 10.

I have a prebuilt low-end PC that I've been using since early 2016.

AMD A8-7600 no graphics card 1866 mhz 8gb single stick ram and on still running on a 1tb hdd.

I'm thinking that if Linux isn't Windows and probably isn't Microsoft resource dependent. I could just go install Linux. Remove all of the remaining Windows residue left on my computer and go back and install Windows 10 and solve every error on my really old pc.

The problem is that I don't know how to execute this properly, or know if this will even work.


This is just me guessing. I'm not a software engineer.



Edit: I'm thinking that Linux wouldn't even be able to install on my pc.

:)

 

Windows 10 upgrade problem, no input accepted

I really hate having to come here and ask for help, but I really am stumped. It hurts my geek pride. I have a PC with fairly modern hardware in it. It has a p8p67 pro in it. I have tried upgrading windows 10 on it twice now. Both times I have had the same result.

After windows finishes upgrading it goes to the log in/set up screen. I can't do anything. No keyboard or mouse input is accepted.

I will list some, or hopefully all, of the troubleshooting steps I have tried:

• Move keyboard and mouse to different USB ports.
• Try different keyboard or mouse.
• Restart computer, repeatedly.
• Google for related issues.
• Update Bios, because why not.
• Create boot media and revert to windows 7.

The windows 10 system restore boot media works fine with keyboard and mouse. All USB ports work in windows 7. I don't know what is wrong. I suspect that windows 10 is lacking a driver of some sort, but since the computer accepts no input I have no way of checking for which driver let alone installing it.

Please help me figure this out. If I have to revert back to windows 7 again, I am not going to get it upgraded to windows 10. Thank you in advanced.

 

Installing Windows 10 using Windows 7 key

Nope, you need to install Windows 10 first and make sure the Windows 7 key is transferred to your Windows account after you've installed Windows 10 (not quite sure how that works). I missed the last step and I could not activate Windows 10 after a re-install... Microsoft seem to have done everything they can to make it a PITA. Also, it's technically too late to do this now anyhow, as the upgrade offer has expired. But KMSPico works quite well...

As for getting rid of Windows, delete the Windows folder.

 

Windows 10 upgrade problem, no input accepted

i've seen this when the stock USB drivers went kaput. Only ever seen it once - i used a PCI USB 2.0 card and connected the mouse and keyboard to that, and manually updated the USB 2/USB 3 drivers.