Showing posts with label upgrade. Show all posts
Showing posts with label upgrade. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 28, 2017
windows 7 upgrade download
windows 7 upgrade download
Yes, you can still upgrade to Windows 7
Arcticsid knows he cant continue using Windows XP. He asked the Windows forum about upgrading to Windows 7 rather than Windows 8.
Yes, you can still update to Windows 7. Not only can you buy the operating system; you can even buy a new PC thats running it.
But for how long can you use it? Microsoft will end Windows 7 mainstream support in January, 2015. That seems awful close, but its really not a problem. After all, XPs mainstream support ended in 2009. The important date is when extended support ends. That will be January, 2020.
[Email your tech questions to answer@pcworld.com.]
As I write this, you can still buy a Windows 7 computer, and if your current PC is powerful enough, you can upgrade that, as well.
Unfortunately, Microsoft no longer offers software that will tell if your current hardware can manage Windows 7. But it offers similar software for Windows 8, and the hardware requirements arent that different.
To see if your PC will likely handle Windows 7, go to Microsofts Buy Windows 8 page, click the Get Started button, and download and run the Upgrade Assistant program. If your PC passes the test, you wont have to buy a new PC--although you may want to in order to get more powerful hardware.
If you can and choose to keep your PC and upgrade your operating system, youll have to buy a copy of Windows 7. That wont be difficult. I found plenty of options with a Google shopping search.
Before you do the actual install, read How to Upgrade to Windows 7 and How to Upgrade From XP to Windows 7. These should make the whole process easier and safer.
If you decide to buy a new PC (or if the Upgrade Assistant tells you that you dont have a choice), dont delay. Microsoft currently allows venders to bundle Windows 7 with a new computer through October 26, 2013. Thats only next month.
Several vendors are selling Windows 7 PCs. Dell has a Web page for them. And with the right search criteria on Lenovos site, you can bring up currently available Windows 7 laptops and desktops.
Read the original forum discussion
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Thursday, January 5, 2017
Dell 7537 Windows 10 Upgrade issue reboot loop and how to rebuild without Recovery disk create Dell recovery disk yourselves
Dell 7537 Windows 10 Upgrade issue reboot loop and how to rebuild without Recovery disk create Dell recovery disk yourselves
Reboot loop after upgrading to Windows 10 & Rebuild Dell machine from scratch without recovery disk.
Even though Im writing this blog little bit late but I think it might be useful to others. With Windows 10 release I started upgrading my Dell 7537 laptop to Windows 10 on first day itself, I did created Dell recovery disk as I was was confident that upgrade will go smooth, but it didnt happen :(.
After upgrading to Windows 10 my laptop was on continuous reboot loop and I tried various options from Boot such as changing to GPT, UEFI and it didnt help at all. Now Im stuck as there was no option to go back to Windows 8.1 and I dont have recovery disc, I tried searching media all over WEB but I couldnt find source anywhere. Then I contacted Dell UK Support and they informed me that Dell Recovery Disks costs around £29/- which I was not ready to pay. Moreover they can only provide disks but the model doesnt have CD/DVD Drive, hence recovery disks from DELL is not solution at all, when I asked support engineer how to recover with disks he dont have answer, what he mentioned was I need to use another computer to convert disks into bootable USB Disk. After getting escalated to his line manager he offered to provide disks for free but he mentioned it takes 5 business days to receive (I actually received after 10 days). Also I cant install OS without Product Key, at least in my model I dont have Product Key sticker its embedded in hardware.
As my machine was no use and didnt have recovery disks yet from Dell, I have started searching various other options by going through various blogs. I came across this wonderful & very helpful sites for Dell - http://dellwindowsreinstallationguide.com/ by Philip Yip.
What I understand is that we cannot directly build Windows 10 even if you have Product Key, the option is to upgrade Activated version of Windows 7 or 8 to Windows 10.
Note by performing below steps you will lose the data as we are formatting so I suggest you to take backup on another disk.
Requirements
- A working machine with internet connectivity
- USB Disk with at least 8GB
Since my machine is not bootable I followed the below steps
- Downloaded Windows 8.1 media creation tool
- Downloaded Windows 8.1 x64 ISO
- Using Rufus-2.2 created bootable version of 8.1
- Make sure Dell Laptop is configured with UEFI Partition & GPT disks (this is default settings for Dell laptop)
- Boot from USB Stick it will automatically build the machine with Windows 8.1
- After installation, Windows 8 is activated
- I didnt install NVIDIA GEFORCE drivers as many said the reboot loop might be because of nvidia display
- Download Windows 10 using media creation tool
- copied the ISO to bootable USB media using Rufus
- From windows 8 itself launched setup.exe and it upgraded windows 10 without any issue.
Creating Windows 10 Recovery Disk from Philip Yip -
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BUNvnIFT3g&feature=youtu.be
Step by step - http://dellwindowsreinstallationguide.com/a-clean-install-of-windows-10/creating-a-recovery-drive-and-using-it-in-windows-10/#Creating
Download link for Windows 10 media creation tool
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-in/windows-10/media-creation-tool-install
Download link for Windows 8.1 media creation tool
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-IN/windows-8/create-reset-refresh-media
Creating bootable USB disk for DELL with UEFI Partition
http://dellwindowsreinstallationguide.com/a-clean-install-of-windows/converting-your-dell-windows-reinstallation-dvd-into-a-reinstallation-usb/#BootableUSB
You can check your OS Product key embedded in hardware using RWEverything and following steps mentioned here
http://dellwindowsreinstallationguide.com/a-clean-install-of-windows/a-clean-install-of-windows-8-1/installation-of-windows-8-1-with-a-windows-8-0-retail-product-key-notes/#OEMKey
Philip Yip website was very useful & helpful as I could recover my machine without recovery disk from Dell.
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