Windows 10: Questions about upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 10

Well, Windows 7 is now at "End of Life" and I'm fighting with myself about upgrading. I mostly have some questions.

1. Will my computer, a HP Compaq 6000 Pro Microtower be able to handle an upgrade to Windows 10. From what I'm hearing it should accept my product key from Windows 7, so I'm not so worried about that. I have 8 GB of memory, but in the spring, I'm planning to go up to 16 GB, which is the most my motherboard can handle, A 2 TB internal Western Digital Hard Drive, an external Seagate Backup plus (from 2014) which has all our files, and the main folders (Downloads, Documents, Music, PIctures and Videos) are pointed to the external drive for both me and my husband. I have a fairly new monitor (1366 X 768), a Core 2 Duo E8400 running at 3 GHZ. And I'm currently running Windows 7 Professional 64 bit. Oh, my BIOS is legacy. No EFI/UEFI in the Bios menu. Someone told me that it might have an issue with my video drivers, but I don't have any video cards, just the integrated graphics. What does that mean? Does that mean it won't work and I should wait till I get a new computer and let Windows 7 be unsupported or what?

2. What are the chances of my computer being "bricked" by Windows 10 updates. How stable are the updates and how much a percentage of Windows 10 has issues with the updates, especially the November and May updates. I hear they're really huge! Will I be able to use my computer for Linux Mint next Spring(I'm getting it installed in the spring on an SSD drive)? How many people have issues and how long do these updates actually take?

3. Will the Windows bootloader if I upgrade before installing Mint interfere at any time with the Grub 2 bootloader? Will that cause issues?

I have the Media Creation tool, but I'm still real twitchy about upgrading. OK, scared to death. I've never upgraded a computer other than buying a new computer. Oh, I almost forgot. My computer is refurbished and working like a dream.

If I posted in the wrong section, could someone redirect me to the right board?

Any help would be really appreciated.
Thank you for your time.
Katherine "" Logan

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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.