upgrading to windows 10

I see there will be a free upgrade to windows 10 for windows 7 ans 8 users. I am hoping that most things that work on windows 8 will work on windows 10, but have found some that wont. I put windows 10 on my old win 7 home premium HP DV6. I also upgraded it to 8 GB DDR3 RAM and replaced the 5400rpm hard drive with a 256 GB SSD, installed the windows 10 64 bit technical preview and it flies along very fast. Nero 10 lite works so I could port my licenced copy to it when win 10 arrived, office 2010 works so I could put one of my three licences on there too (I have office 2013 on two other machinmes, dont need to pay fopr another copy for occasional use). Unfortunately while the lightscribe system software installs and recognizes the drive the template labeller wont install. It does install on windows 8.1. Also I see there will be no windows media centre in windows 10. I am using it on another machine to run a USB TV stick, on this machine I have a Leadtek USB TV Gold running leadteks software, which was written for XP, works ok in 7, not sure about 10. If I can find drivers I suppose I could use Nero Media Centre to run the TV.

Does anyone know if those on windows technical preview will simply upgrade to the full version, or will we have to do a full reinstall? How will I get the free upgrade since the windows 7 install in on the hard drive I removed. Just use the windows licence key printed on the sticker?

Will an upgrade to windows 10 from 7 or 8 require a full reinstall of progr

May 17th, 2015 2:59am

Windows 10 Technical Preview is for testing and it is still under testing and development and you may report issues related to compatibilities or other problems through feedback app. The details related to upgrade will be announced later through Windows 10 website:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/about

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May 17th, 2015 4:04pm

Windows 10 Technical Preview is for testing and it is still under testing and development and you may report issues related to compatibilities or other problems through feedback app. The details related to upgrade will be announced later through Windows 10 website:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/about

  • Proposed as answer by Milos Puchta Sunday, May 17, 2015 8:17 PM
May 17th, 2015 8:03pm

Windows 10 Technical Preview is for testing and it is still under testing and development and you may report issues related to compatibilities or other problems through feedback app. The details related to upgrade will be announced later through Windows 10 website:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/about

  • Proposed as answer by Milos Puchta Sunday, May 17, 2015 8:17 PM
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May 17th, 2015 8:03pm

Windows 10 Technical Preview is for testing and it is still under testing and development and you may report issues related to compatibilities or other problems through feedback app. The details related to upgrade will be announced later through Windows 10 website:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/about

  • Proposed as answer by Milos Puchta Sunday, May 17, 2015 8:17 PM
May 17th, 2015 8:03pm

You may want to read

        http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2015/05/15/genuine-windows-and-windows-10/

and

        http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2015/05/13/introducing-windows-10-editions/

In the former, you'll read: These customers purchased their Genuine Windows license from our valued OEM partners, which ensures Windows is properly installed, licensed, and not tampered with.

As you have removed your Win7 installation, I guess you'll need to ask for a personal upgrade path.

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May 17th, 2015 11:00pm

You may want to read

        http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2015/05/15/genuine-windows-and-windows-10/

and

        http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2015/05/13/introducing-windows-10-editions/

In the former, you'll read: These customers purchased their Genuine Windows license from our valued OEM partners, which ensures Windows is properly installed, licensed, and not tampered with.

As you have removed your Win7 installation, I guess you'll need to ask for a personal upgrade path.

May 18th, 2015 2:59am

You may want to read

        http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2015/05/15/genuine-windows-and-windows-10/

and

        http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2015/05/13/introducing-windows-10-editions/

In the former, you'll read: These customers purchased their Genuine Windows license from our valued OEM partners, which ensures Windows is properly installed, licensed, and not tampered with.

As you have removed your Win7 installation, I guess you'll need to ask for a personal upgrade path.

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May 18th, 2015 2:59am

You may want to read

        http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2015/05/15/genuine-windows-and-windows-10/

and

        http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2015/05/13/introducing-windows-10-editions/

In the former, you'll read: These customers purchased their Genuine Windows license from our valued OEM partners, which ensures Windows is properly installed, licensed, and not tampered with.

As you have removed your Win7 installation, I guess you'll need to ask for a personal upgrade path.

May 18th, 2015 2:59am

You may want to read

        http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2015/05/15/genuine-windows-and-windows-10/

and

        http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2015/05/13/introducing-windows-10-editions/

In the former, you'll read: These customers purchased their Genuine Windows license from our valued OEM partners, which ensures Windows is properly installed, licensed, and not tampered with.

As you have removed your Win7 installation, I guess you'll need to ask for a personal upgrade path.

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May 18th, 2015 2:59am

I suppose I have removed windows 7 from the machine but it is still on the hard drive I removed which I could attach to a SATA to USB adapter. The OEM sticker is on the computer so I might be able to quote that number to.   Problem is the machine was licencensed for window 7 32 bit and I wanted windows 64 bit.
May 19th, 2015 6:26am

Hi,

You could get the Windows 10 preview build via Windows Update. Either you could download the ISO image file to do a clean installation.

However, unexpected PC crashes could damage or even delete your files, so you should back up everything. Some printers and other hardware might not work, and some software might not install or work correctly, including antivirus or security programs. You might also have trouble connecting to home or corporate networks. Some installed apps might not yet work as expected or might not be available in your country or region.

If you want to roll back to previous System, just go into recovery menu as below.

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/a1e0f859-3d3b-4b16-94ac-c1fc0d721fe1/update-recovery-never-load?forum=WinPreview2014Setup

And since you own an OEM version of a 32-bit version of Windows 7, your license key will not function on a 64-bit version of Windows 7. You will require either another OEM license key which is suitable for a 64-bit version of Windows 7, or you will need to purchase a retail version of Windows 7, which includes the installation media and license key for both the 32-bit as well as the 64-bit version of Windows 7.

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May 21st, 2015 5:20am

Does that mean if I reinstall the 32 bit windows 7 home premium windows update will update me to windows 10 32 bit?
May 27th, 2015 5:19pm

Pidasms,

Yes.

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May 29th, 2015 2:42am

I currently have Windows 8.1 professional.

If I do the FREE upgrade will i get windows 10 professional? or home version?

June 2nd, 2015 12:08am

Windows 10 professional
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June 2nd, 2015 4:28am

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