Windows 10: Upgrade old laptop to Win10

Discus and support Upgrade old laptop to Win10 in Windows 10 Ask Insider to solve the problem; I have an older laptop (Dell L501X) that was originally Win 7 Home (the Win7 serial number is still on it) that was upgraded to Win10 during the free... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Ask Insider' started by /u/HerrSlime, Sep 17, 2020.

  1. /U/HERRSLIME
    /u/HerrSlime Win User

    Upgrade old laptop to Win10


    I have an older laptop (Dell L501X) that was originally Win 7 Home (the Win7 serial number is still on it) that was upgraded to Win10 during the free upgrade period (or some such). That was about 4 years ago.

    The hard drive crashed and I am getting a new drive and want to get it back to where it was (legally) without having to buy anything and I don't want to install another OS like Linux etc.

    What is available to me now? Can I still upgrade for free if I reinstall Win7? Are the Win7 updates still available or do I even need them?

    Any help or links appreciated.

    Thanks

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    /u/HerrSlime, Sep 17, 2020
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  2. JAYPELS
    jaypels Win User

    Reformat upgraded win10 laptop


    Is there a way to know what my license number is? Laptop is not with me at the moment so I could not check it. I believe it still has the sticker where the license is printed at. Does it retain the old license or a new one is made when I upgraded to Win10?

    Second question, what would be the best step in reformatting the laptop? Is there an option in Win10 where it would reformat and come back immediately to Win10?
     
    jaypels, Sep 17, 2020
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  3. USER33331
    user33331 Win User
    Win10: windows update stuck at never ending loop ?

    When in win10:
    • Update&security -> Windows update -> Finding update... .... .... ....
    Planning to download the latest Win10.ISO (vers.1803) and manually update:
    - Then wait that my ordered new SSD arrives and clone the old HDD to it.
     
    user33331, Sep 17, 2020
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  4. WEE_ONES
    wee_ones Win User

    Upgrade old laptop to Win10

    Win10 Anniversary upgrade

    Hello - I'm trying to upgrade to the Win10 Anniversary on a client's laptop. The laptop previously had Symantec Endpoint Protection, but it was removed before the free upgrade was performed from win7 home edition. The copy of SEP was not compatible with
    the upgrade to Win10, but it was supposedly successfully removed.

    Now the Anniversary upgrade stops and reports that it can't continue due to incompatibility with SEP. I've checked the startup, there's no SEP listed, there's no active SEP components listed under the task manager, and I'm unable to manually remove registry
    keys through the regedit program.

    So: would it be possible to:

    Roll back to the previous win edition, reinstall SEP, then remove SEP, and upgrade to Win10 again?

    Manually edit the registry (assuming that I can find the offending key(s)) so the installation can complete?

    I don't have access to the latest copy of clean wipe, so I'm not sure that would help.

    Please provide any suggestions and thanks in advance

    Bill
     
    wee_ones, Sep 17, 2020
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