Windows 10: Windows 10 Upgrade on old 2008 HP Desktop with Vista. Impossible?

Hello, everyone. I have a desktop PC I bought back in 2008 that came with Windows Vista. It's an HP Pavilion a6720f. I didn't have access to the computer until after the free Windows 10 upgrade offer had ended. When I had it back in my possession, I upgraded to Windows 7 Ultimate and it's been working with no problems.

Given the age of the machine, will it be possible to upgrade to Windows 10? I called both HP and Microsoft and they both don't think so, although they couldn't give me a definitive answer. HP had no info on that model and could not provide any drivers or additional support and I can't get the HP site to load any driver updates.

I guess I could just try upgrading, but I'd like to know if anyone has had any success installing Windows 10 on such an old machine.

It meets all the basic hardware requirements listed, from what I can tell. The main issue I've been told could be the BIOS (sorry, I'm not a techie).

The BIOS version and date: American Megatrends Inc. 5.01, 10/17/2008

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Windows 10 Upgrade on old 2008 HP Desktop with Vista. Impossible?

Hello, everyone. I have a desktop PC I bought back in 2008 that came with Windows Vista. It's an HP Pavilion a6720f. I didn't have access to the computer until after the free Windows 10 upgrade offer had ended. When I had it back in my possession, I upgraded to Windows 7 Ultimate and it's been working with no problems.

Given the age of the machine, will it be possible to upgrade to Windows 10? I called both HP and Microsoft and they both don't think so, although they couldn't give me a definitive answer. HP had no info on that model and could not provide any drivers or additional support and I can't get the HP site to load any driver updates.

I guess I could just try upgrading, but I'd like to know if anyone has had any success installing Windows 10 on such an old machine.

It meets all the basic hardware requirements listed, from what I can tell. The main issue I've been told could be the BIOS (sorry, I'm not a techie).

The BIOS version and date: American Megatrends Inc. 5.01, 10/17/2008

 

Windows 10 Upgrade on old 2008 HP Desktop with Vista. Impossible?

You can of course simply put in a new disk and try it with '10 and see.

If your machine had a 32 bit O/S, then best to try Win 10 32 bits - you have a better chance of driver compatibility.

If Win 10 hasn't been offered via Windows Update, MS presumably deems it not compatible.

Close model:
HP Pavilion a6700y Desktop PC Product Specifications | HP® Customer Support

Comments on that for Win 10:
https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Deskto...0/td-p/6145604

Drivers: You can try entering your serial no. here:
HP Software and Driver Downloads for HP Desktops | HP® Customer Support

Possible drivers: (but this is not a HP site!!)
HP Pavilion a6720f Desktop PC Drivers for Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista and XP

 

Windows 10 Upgrade on old 2008 HP Desktop with Vista. Impossible?

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