Windows 10: Upgrading to Windows 10? Here are the supported paths

If the update corrupts the bios your computer could be permanently damaged.

 

Will be if you don't have a dual bios board. Although I have heard of people that were able to reflash and save the MB.
Not likely though. In other words if it ain't broke don't fix it.

 

KABLKOOOOOOOOOOOOOOIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! *Smile

That is a logical thought and makes sense. Also, it might just be that trying to lock all the pirated stuff out would just be too much trouble and require too much programming. So, since pirated systems probably aren't getting updates and such now, they shouldn't get 'em with windows 10.

 

If it ain't broke, Jesse, don't fix it. *Smile That said, although a BIOS upgrade is scary, it's not really all that hard to do.

Bottom line, though, is that an update of your BIOS will not give you UEFI. You'll still have Legacy BIOS.

So, unless it becomes necessary for a concrete reason, don't bother with the BIOS.

 

That is one thing I don't like about dell driver update software program, they include the bios update very risky.

 

If you know what you are doing there is nothing scary about updating the bios. Many of the new BIOS Firmware can be updated without a CPU or memory in the motherboard on modern ASUS boards. There is also a recovery mode for corrupted BIOS from overclocking or loading the wrong data. It is not as bad as it once was. If you don't know much about computers you should leave it to someone who does. It is a little like hard disk management. One wrong move creates hours of re-installation of software. If your computer dual boots or is set up for legacy mode you should probably leave it alone.

 

I and other professional Computer Tech's have been crying this from the rooftops for 30+ years.
"If it ain't broke, don't try to fix it". I can only guess, at just how many motherboards have been borked, by some untrained person trying to upgrade their Bios. It's likened to a car mechanic trying to perform a heart transplant.

Yesterday, I installed Windows 10 TP, 10041 on a little eMachine close to ten years old, with a standard Bios.
It has an AMD, Sempron (bottom of the line) single core CPU, on a SATA I motherboard, with only 2GB of DDR ram.
That's about as lame as you can get, in today's computer world.
I AM using a Seagate 500GB SATA II hard drive, jumpered down to SATA I speed.

That little PC has been running Windows 8.1/32 for a while, with NO problems, so I figured it would probably run Windows 10/32, 10041 as well. It does!

Like Windows 8.1, Windows 10 is very compatible with older hardware. The hardware driver package that comes with both OS's is very compatible with older hardware. I'm not by any means a Microsoft fanboy, but, I tip my hat to MS for their diligence in providing us with a great package of hardware drivers. That will breath new life into millions of older PC's.

Having to buy a new computer for every new OS, should become a thing of the past.

Cheers Mates! It's SPRING!

*Cool