Windows 10: Upgrade Win 7 to 10

I held off as long as possible to change to Win 10.

The question now, with Win 7 being phased out, is how to do it.

I may look for new hardware, (PC now is i5-3450 @ 3.10 Ghz, 32 GB memory)


This is a work machine, no gaming etc.


1), do I upgrade current machine to Win 10, and then transfer "everything" to new PC with Win 10, or

2) Transfer from Win 7 machine to Win 10 machine?


I hate PC changes. Too many software companies that need to allow a re-download of their software, such as Adobe , Quickbooks, etc.


Any advice?

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Win 7 and Win 10 on network

I have home network with separate modem, router, and WAP's. My Windows 7 computer does NOT list the Windows 10 computers on network computer list but the Windows 10 computers network list DO list the Windows 7 computer.

Turned off firewalls, gave permissions, shared drives. Nothing allows Win 7 computer to access the Win 10 computers.

Any suggestions for a fix?

 

Win 7 to Ultimate - upgrade still possible to Win10 ?


Upgrade to Windows 10 | Tutorials

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Upgrade from Win 7 to Win 10 Puzzle

Ok, so here is my problem.

I currently have my 1.5 TB hdd partitioned in half. The first half is blank, and the second half has Windows 7 installed and activated. Unfortunately, I learned that I cannot combine the 2 partitions back together to diminish the partition split and maximize
my hdd space like intended because I am only able to increase the first partition or shrink the 2nd.

So my problem is that I would like to upgrade from my Windows 7 to Windows 10 (which I am fairly confident in how to do it) but I need to use the free upgrade available to me to install Windows 10 to the 1st partition and not the 2nd one.

I created a USB bootable Windows 10 using the Windows 10 setup tool, but it gives me the following warning:

• If you are going to install Win 10 on your PC clean for the first time, you'll need a Win 10 product key.
• If you are going to upgrade from Win 7 to Win 10, you won't need to enter a product key.

The problem is that I need to sort of do both. I want to upgrade my Windows 7 to Windows 10 but on the 1st partition instead of the 2nd one that currently has Windows 7.

Does anyone have any helpful suggestions for me?!