Windows 10: Upgrading to Win 10 after hard drive failure

Discus and support Upgrading to Win 10 after hard drive failure in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; My computer died right after Christmas. I bought a used one from a local business with Windows 7 professional installed. I would like to upgrade to Win... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by Katie Monette, Apr 28, 2023.

  1. KATIE MONETTE
    Katie Monette Win User

    Upgrading to Win 10 after hard drive failure


    My computer died right after Christmas. I bought a used one from a local business with Windows 7 professional installed. I would like to upgrade to Win 10 but can't get any info from my old computer. Help??

    :)
     
    Katie Monette, Apr 28, 2023
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  2. BENLIN73210
    BenLin73210 Win User

    Laptop withhard drive failure, how to upgrade to win 10 again?

    MS service is very bad!!!!!!!!!!! Laptop with upgraded win 10 hard drive failure, how to upgrade to win 10 which registed under my MS account? Thanks! Can or not?
     
    BenLin73210, Apr 28, 2023
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  3. N2BN2B
    n2bn2b Win User
    Error Message when updating from Win-7 to Won-10

    Bree
    I followed your suggestions (2nd Aug 19) for installing Win-10. Made the bootable flash drive successfully through the media creation tool. But when I attempted to upgrade and activate to Win-10 (64 bit) from within Win-7 (Pro-32 bit), I got the following error message:

    Error # OxC1900101-Ox20017. " The installation failed in the SAFE_OS phase with an error during BOOT operation"

    I read the diagnostics under this error number and carried out the proposed fixes, i.e. update Win-7, uninstall Malwarebyte antivirus, disconnect all external hardware, e.g. printer, scanner, external hard drives. I then tried to repeat the steps to do the upgrade through the Win-10 bootable flash drive as before. Got the same error message.
    Appreciate any further comments and suggestions as to (a) what does a failure in the SAFE_OS during boot operation mean, (b) what can I do to solve it. Is this anything to do with the hardware in my computer? I listed these in my first posting above.
    Thanks for any help
     
    n2bn2b, Apr 28, 2023
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  4. LEGOMAN1
    legoman1 Win User

    Upgrading to Win 10 after hard drive failure

    Hard Drive Fail after Win 10 upgrade

    After upgrading to Win 10 through the free option, my hard drive failed. From what I read on this forum, I can obtain a new ISO copy to re-install on my new HD. The problem though is that my backup is on a Seagate Free Agent Drive that is not compatible
    with Win 10. My problem is how do I recover my data on the Free Agent. Seagate does not have a driver or updated software to work with Win 10. My computer had Vista on it which was upgrade to Win 7 Home via a purchased copy of an upgrade, From there I upgraded
    to Win 10 via the free download. How should I proceed: re-install Win 10 and go from there or reinstall Vista then upgrade it to Win 7 and then recover data from Free Agent and then upgrade to Win 10? A dilemma for sure?? Any suggestions would be GREATLY
    appreciated!

    Thanks,
     
    legoman1, Apr 28, 2023
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