Windows 10: Upgrade from Win 7 Pro Ver 6.1 to Win 10 Questions

Good day/evening,

PC specs listed at bottom of thread

I'll be upgrading my PC using your tutorial "How to Upgrade to Windows 10" Upgrade to Windows 10 but have a couple of questions so that it will go as smooth as possible.

Win 7 Pro Ver 6.1 on my PC appears to be corrupted and it shuts down randomly with BSOD errors BCCodes 116,117 and Description > A problem with your video hardware caused Windows to stop working correctly.

1. Should I do a Win 7 Pro repair install first to repair any corrupted files, OR just go ahead with the Win 10 upgrade without doing the Win 7 repair install?

2. Since I'm using six monitors, should I disconnect 5 monitors and run the install using just one monitor ? Ideally, I'd like to preserve the video configuration settings for the six monitors. Note, I am NOT running the latest NVIDIA driver. Sometimes, the latest NVIDIA driver updates buggers things up.

3. I also have 4 instances of Metatrader 4 by Metaquotes (MT4) (forex trading software) with specific settings and would like to make sure they are carried forward during the upgrade. Any suggestions other than making sure a backup or image file is done ? Have you heard of any problems with MT4 settings or operation during a Win 7 to Win 10 upgrade ?

I found this post from a while back, but nothing recent, maybe it's a non issue now?

A trading application by MetaQuotes called MetaTrader will not launch if you use the 64-bit version. 32-bit version run just fine (I think ). This is the same issue that has occurred just before and during release of every new Windows 10 version. SIGH!!!
KB4100375 Windows 10 Insider Release Preview Build 17133.73 - Apr.10

I also found this website with helpful info..
MetaTrader not working on Windows 10 [Connection, Log in]

thanks for your help,





Computer Type: Custom Build Desktop ASUS motherboard
- configured for 6, 24 inch monitors

OS: Windows 7 Pro SP1 64 bit, Ver 6.1 build 7601

CPU: Intel Core i7-4930K @ 3.40GHz

Motherboard: ASUS P9X79 LE Quad Channel DDR3 2400

RAM/Memory: 16 GB G Skill Ripjaws Z DDR3 2100MHz

GPU/Graphics Card: ASUS GeForce GTX 770 2GB X 2

Monitor(s): 6 X 24 inch ASUS LCDs

Sound Card: Realtek ALC892 8-channel

Keyboard: Logitech K800 | Mouse: Logitech G9X

Case: Corsair Carbide Series 330R Mid Tower ATX

PSU: Seasonic X-850 Gold 850 W

Cooling: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO CPU cooler

Hard Drives: 240 GB Kingston Hyper X SSD + 2TB Seagate HDD +
2TB Western Digital

Keyboard: Logitech

Mouse - Logitech G9X

UPS X 2
Cyberpower > 1000 PFCLCD - for 6, 24 inch monitors only
Cyberpower > 1500 AVR - for PC tower, mouse, keyboard, speakers

Internet Speed: 15Mbps DOWN - 2Mbps UP
Browsers: Chrome, Mozilla, Opera
Antivirus/Firewall: Panda AV, Privatefirewall

:)

 

DOWNGRADE TO WIN 7 ULTIMATE and UPGRADE TO WIN 10 PRO

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The issue “DOWNGRADE TO WIN 7 ULTIMATE and UPGRADE TO WIN 10 PRO” is unanswered. The suggestion to refer to the link

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-10-specifications does not answer my query as well. I knew the prerequisites of upgrading to Win 10 from either Win 7 Ultimate or Win 8.1 Home as I have read the min. requirements/machine
specifications to upgrade directly either from the aforesaid OSes beforehand. The issue is whether from Win 8.1 Home downgrade to Win 7 Ultimate and from thereafter upgrade to Win 10 Pro possible without technicality issues. Nevertheless, since I cannot wait
for either a reply to the abovementioned issue (or my reservation to upgrade from Win 8.1 Home), I then gathered/downloaded bits and pieces of probable drivers for my machine, formatted my HDD (1TB) for more than 18 hours, clean install Win 7 Ultimate SP1,
activated using my previously purchased license and ran Windows afterwards, ran updates until repetitive error (around 25 KB updates failed to install many times) popped up during tiresome cyclic updates process. Fed-up with the errors after failed tries to
source answers from Microsoft Community, I tried my luck by upgrading to Win 10 Pro. After couple of days, viola, I have upgraded to Win 10 Pro finally, whew! Now I am running this machine with Win 10 Pro for a couple of days now, being up to date and running
very well. Hopefully no problem/s will arise.

Thank to those suggestions though.

 

I cannot get win 10 pro to upgrade to ver 1607 from ver 1511

CANT GET WIN 10 PRO VER 1511 TO UPGRADE TO 1671 Ran SFC/verifyony and others no corrupt files. Suggestions

 

upgrade Win 7 Pro to Win 10 Pro

I have several times tried to upgrade my desktop (dual boot Win XP and Win 7 Pro) to Win 10 Pro using the downloaded ISO file, and keep my personal files and apps. It runs about 36 hours then fails. How can I make this upgrade? If not using the ISO file
is there another method to accomplish this ??

Thanks for suggestions.