I want to upgrade my desktop from windows 7 to 10 but I don't want to lose everything on my computer like pictures and videos and music and google favorites. Is this possible to do?
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can i upgrade from windows 7 to 10 without losing everything on my desktop
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A word of advice:
You should always have your data backed up to at least two external media destinations (external hard drive, DVDs, flash drive) in case of system file corruption and/or hard drive failure
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Windows 7
✔ = Full upgrade is supported including personal data, settings, and applications.
D = Edition downgrade; personal data is maintained, applications and settings are removed.
Windows 10 Home | Windows 10 Pro | Windows 10 Pro Education | Windows 10 Education | Windows 10 Enterprise | |
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Starter | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
Home Basic | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
Home Premium | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
Professional | D | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Ultimate | D | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Enterprise | ✔ | ✔ |
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Microsoft no longer sells Windows 10.
You may or may not still get 10 for free, but you first have to see if 10 is compatible with your device.
The free upgrade to Windows 10 offer from Microsoft expired on the 29th July, 2016.
Also read this information:
All the Ways You Can Still Upgrade to Windows 10 for Free
Here's how you can still get a free Windows 10 upgrade | ZDNet
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A word of advice:
You should always have your data backed up to at least two external media destinations (external hard drive, DVDs, flash drive) in case of system file corruption and/or hard drive failure
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Windows 10 media creation tool on the Software download page
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"Start fresh with a clean installation of Windows 10"
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10startfresh
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This tutorial will show you step by step on how to do an upgrade to Windows 10 from Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, or Windows 10.
How to Upgrade to Windows 10
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2267-upgrade-windows-10-a.html
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Upgrade to Windows 10: FAQ - Windows Help - Microsoft Support
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Windows 10 supported upgrade paths:
✔ = Full upgrade is supported including personal data, settings, and applications.
D = Edition downgrade; personal data is maintained, applications and settings are removed.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/upgrade/windows-10-upgrade-paths
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First thing to do is to make sure that you have the correct system requirements and that your Computer Manufacturer supplies the correct Drivers for 10 for your Model Number.
Driver Downloads:
Acer:
http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/drivers
Advent:
http://www.adventcomputers.co.uk/product-downloads
Alienware:
http://support.alienware.com/Support_Pages/Restricted_Pages/driver_downloads.aspx
Asus:
Dell:
http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/19/ProductSelector
eMachines:
http://www.emachines.com/ec/en/US/content/drivers
Fujitsu:
http://www.fujitsu.com/us/support/
Gateway:
HP:
http://www8.hp.com/us/en/drivers.html
Lenovo:
http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/downloads/default.page#
LG:
http://www.lg.com/us/support/software-manuals
Samsung:
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/downloads
Sony Vaio:
http://esupport.sony.com/perl/select-system.pl?DIRECTOR=DRIVER
Toshiba:
http://support.toshiba.com/drivers
"Windows 10 System Requirements"
https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-10/3884/windows-10-system-requirements
https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/windows-10-specifications#sysreqs
If you read those Microsoft's system requirements for 10, you will find that if you only go on them you will be sadly disappointed in performance.
For reasonable performance should have at least:
2 gigahertz (GHz) or faster processor.
4 gigabyte (GB) of RAM for 32-bit or 8 GB for 64-bit
500GB hard drive
DirectX 9 or later with WDDM 1.0 driver
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Detailed information on Minimum hardware requirements:
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Some Manufacturers have listed Model Numbers tested with 10 at their website:
Acer - Windows 10 Creators Update
ASUS System Look-up - Find out if your system runs Windows 10.
Dell computers tested for Windows 10 November 2019 Update and previous versions of Windows 10
HP Products Tested with Windows 10
Lenovo devices tested for Windows 10 version 1809 (October 2018
Samsung - Find out if your system runs Windows 10.
Sony - What do I need to install Windows 10 on my PC?
Toshiba Windows 10 Upgrade Information
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If you are upgrading to 10 at least make a system image backup for two reasons.
1. Some people report they don't get the free upgrade and want to reinstall 7, 8, or 8.1 depending what you attempted to upgrade from..
2. If you don't do the system checks and 10 is incompatible with your device and it becomes inoperable.
These are quite good programs to use for Complete PC Backup and are free:
"EaseUS Todo Backup Free"
http://www.todo-backup.com/products/home/free-backup-software.htm
"Welcome to EaseUS Todo Backup Manual"
http://www.todo-backup.com/support/help/
http://www.todo-backup.com/download/docs/User_Guide.pdf
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"Macrium Reflect Free"
http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.aspx
"Macrium Reflect Tutorial"
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1- Which edition of Windows 7 are you currently running?
2- Which edition of Windows 10 are you going to upgrade to?
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I have already given you the chart that shows all the paths to upgrade from 7.
Here it is AGAIN for those who could not read it!
NOTE: the TICK is for FULL UPGRADE
Windows 7
✔ = Full upgrade is supported including personal data, settings, and applications.
D = Edition downgrade; personal data is maintained, applications and settings are removed.
Windows 10 Home | Windows 10 Pro | Windows 10 Pro Education | Windows 10 Education | Windows 10 Enterprise | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Starter | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
Home Basic | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
Home Premium | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
Professional | D | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Ultimate | D | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Enterprise | ✔ | ✔ |
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