Windows 10: preparing to upgrade

Discus and support preparing to upgrade in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; Go to system info page (control panel, system) and it will tell you if 32 bit or 64 bit. To upgrade keeping files etc, you need to use same bit type. Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by retired, Jan 24, 2016.

  1. cereberus Win User

    preparing to upgrade


    Go to system info page (control panel, system) and it will tell you if 32 bit or 64 bit. To upgrade keeping files etc, you need to use same bit type.
     
    cereberus, Jan 26, 2016
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  2. retired Win User

    Update...........I was finally able to update my w7 computer to w10. (via the normal ms method).
    It took a long time, (I kept loosing my connection with my AT&T dsl service. Every time I got kicked off the connection, I had to 'retry' the d/l. Lucky, when I clicked on retry, it picked up the d/l where it left off). All of which meant I had to be sitting next to the computer when I lost my connection, so I could be there to resume my d/l of w10. To make a long story short, it took over 24 hours to completely d/l. After the d/l was finally completely finished, it took several hours to 'prepare for installation'. (I don't know how long that took, I went to sleep, but it also was several hours to finish). Well...finally it asked for the 'upgrade to complete', which I gladly accepted. That took about a half hour.
    Yippee...........after a short period of 'express setup', I'm up and running.
    Everything seeeeems to be working correctly.
    Should I be making a 'back-up' of the new system?

    Thank you all for your help & input. I'm sure I'll be back with more questions.
     
    retired, Jan 27, 2016
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  3. cereberus Win User
    Really good plan to make am image backup. Recommend Macrium Reflect Free
     
    cereberus, Jan 27, 2016
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  4. NavyLCDR New Member

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    It is wise to make an image of the system when it is running well (I prefer Macrium Reflect Free for that as well - also make the Macrium rescue media to go with your system image). It is also very wise to have the Windows 10 install media stored somewhere - which, unfortunately, you don't get the option to do when you use Windows Update to upgrade to Windows 10. You can try to make one this way:
    Create a recovery drive - Windows Help -
     
    NavyLCDR, Apr 4, 2018
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