Windows 10: win 7 pc downloaded win 10 on the 27th - stuck in restart loop

after saying my win 7 pc was fully compatible, windows 10 was downloaded july 27th. it said to restart windows to start upgrade. every restart takes me back to win 7 without starting the upgrade. win 10 files are on the pc.

1. how do I start the upgrade using these files, considering the download is no longer available?

2. if I do get the upgrade started, will it still be free, since the upgrade will have occurred after the 29th?

many thanks...

...joe

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Your PC ran into a problem and must be restarted

I am working with Win 10 Pro on an HP 32 bit laptop. Win 10 was sent to me thru windows update.
I was having an issue that required me to run “recovery/fresh install”. I did so and after reboot, the pc is stuck in a loop that reads: “Your PC ran into a problem and must be restarted, we will restart
for you”. “If you would like to know more you can search online for this error, Inaccessible boot drive”.

Whenever I restart the pc it goes back into this loop, it appears I may need to reinstall from a win 7 Pro software disk that I had bought from Microsoft or download Win 10 ISO onto a flash drive, just to get the pc back to a usable state. If I do
so with the Win 7 disk or ISO, I do not have a valid key. Can I get you to either revalidate a key or give me a valid key for Win 7 pro?

Richard Brewer

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win 10 update restart problem

win 10 stuck in update restart loop.

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Joe mate if you can afford it get a new drive and do a clean install from the ISO Clean Install Windows 10 Directly without having to Upgrade First - Windows 10 Forums
After the install has been done you can use your 7 key to activate it if that is what you want to do - and is what I did it saves an awful lot of grief.

You then still have the old 7 drive which you can get your data from

 

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You cannot use old key to activate now.

 

Yes I was assuming that he may get it seeing he tried the upgrade before the cut off date was up and he is listed on their servers.

 

Agreed. Worth a try. Some people are reporting successful activations still.

 

Yep simrick mate probably more than the unsuccessful ones - but I just suggest my method only if someone can afford to do that and especially for those posts we are still getting in the 7 forum re going back to 7 after trying 10 and the process has then gone belly up. I started doing it this way when the upgrade was first offered and I had that much grief it wasn't funny, and the spare drive if everything goes ok is useful for it's and future data and even a spare for whatever*Wink.