Windows 10: Win 10 upgrade

Discus and support Win 10 upgrade in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; I have switched to Mac about 4 years ago. Now a friend needs to upgrade from windows 7. Can I get a windows 10 upgrade and will it work on Win 7?... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by Tigermidge, Dec 6, 2017.

  1. TIGERMIDGE
    Tigermidge Win User

    Win 10 upgrade


    I have switched to Mac about 4 years ago.
    Now a friend needs to upgrade from windows 7.
    Can I get a windows 10 upgrade and will it work on Win 7?

    Mark F.

    :)
     
    Tigermidge, Dec 6, 2017
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  2. WIN 10
    win 10 Win User

    Settings Icon Appeared Then Disappeared on Desktop By Itself

    Totally irrelevant! Do you even read the context of the post???
     
    win 10, Dec 6, 2017
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  3. WIN 10
    win 10 Win User
    Settings Icon Appeared Then Disappeared on Desktop By Itself

    Windows 10 Pro / A settings icon appeared on my desktop all by itself last night. When I clicked on it, it was a list like in previous versions of Windows. It even let me choose sized in upper right corner. This morning 8-16-2015 the settings icon on desktop
    is gone all by itself.
     
    win 10, Dec 6, 2017
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  4. Brink
    Brink New Member

    Win 10 upgrade

    Brink, Dec 6, 2017
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  5. TIGERMIDGE
    Tigermidge Win User
    Thanks you
    I would refer a new install too. But she would lose a ton of her work.

    Mark F.
     
    Tigermidge, Dec 6, 2017
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  6. Brink
    Brink New Member
    You're most welcome. We certainly don't want her to lose anything.
     
    Brink, Dec 6, 2017
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  7. ADDRAM
    AddRAM Win User
    Make sure you back up her data first.
     
    AddRAM, Dec 6, 2017
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  8. Brink
    Brink New Member

    Win 10 upgrade

    Yes, best to be safe than sorry.
     
    Brink, Dec 6, 2017
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  9. BREE
    Bree New Member
    Currently, yes. An upgrade will activate. There's some doubt as to how much longer though. An end date of 31 December has been announced for the free upgrade for Assistive Technologies. It may be that Microsoft intend to turn off all free upgrades at the same time?

    Free Windows 10 Upgrade for assistive technologies ends December 31
     
    Bree, Dec 6, 2017
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  10. ELBMEK
    elbmek Win User
    do what I did, add an external HDD and copy all your stuff to that. Then when I upgraded, it left a folder in C Drive called windows.old, between the two no problem.
     
    elbmek, Dec 6, 2017
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  11. AMMSDWER
    Ammsdwer Win User
    Upgrading Windows 7 to Windows is not a difficult task ,but i am not sure if these will be any data loss, after all , i have failed several time of upgrade Windows 7 to Windows 10
     
    Ammsdwer, Dec 6, 2017
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  12. BREE
    Bree New Member
    Both my machines in my system specs below were Windows 7 originally. Both upgraded without a problem.

    It would be a sensible precaution to make a system image of the original machine to an external HDD first though, just in case.
     
    Bree, Apr 4, 2018
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