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Upgrading OS without having to reinstall everything (win 7 to 8)


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Was wondering if its possible to do this? I noticed it can be done from 8 to 10 so was wondering if it could be done from 7 to 8.. Also theoretically speaking, do you recon itd be possible with a dodgy copy of windows 7?

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When you go from 7 to 8, you can choose to either keep everything (which includes all Windows settings and installed software), keep your personal files only, or keep nothing.

 

AFAIK, if you go from 7 straight to 8.1, you only get the options to keep personal files only or keep nothing.

 

As for upgrading from a dodgy copy of Windows 7, I'm not 100% sure what would happen there.

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i was gonna try jump from 8 to 10 after that but 7 to 10 works good for me too.. Only prob is that the theoretically dodgy version of windows has defo not given prompts to upgrade. Might buy windows 10 if its possible though

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Yeah if 10's your ultimate goal you're better off going straight from 7. Fewer steps = less likely fuckups.

 

I'm staying with 7 until I'm physically forced to. I'd still be using Windows 95 if I could.

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I'm staying with 7 until I'm physically forced to.

This. I've got it on a laptop and one of my PCs at work, but anything with important shit on is staying on Win 7 until such time as I can see a damn good reason to do otherwise

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Re-installling everything has been holding me off from doing it. So Frost, all programs & files were right where you left 'em? Any hardware issues? I'm on windows 7 too.

 

Yeah exactly the same, not had a problem with that. I've had no hardware issues at all (not got any audio hardware to test) but there are some small niggly software bits but I guess it's a customer beta in a way really.

 

It's Windows 7 under the hood still, exactly the same in some places but overall I prefer it.

 

 

Only prob is that the theoretically dodgy version of windows has defo not given prompts to upgrade.

 

Try this: http://microsoft-news.com/windows-10-free-upgrade-still-not-showing-up-this-trick-will-help/ I had the same issue and this fixed it.

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frost you saved my day... had a horrendous evening of computer problems. long story short i was pretty much forced to upgrade without backing up (wouldn't recognise any type of external drive/SD/usb stick and explorer.exe kept crashing).. so now im on windows 10 and all the problems i had were instantly fixed.. didn't lose any files either.. IS THIS A DREAM?

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frost you saved my day... had a horrendous evening of computer problems. long story short i was pretty much forced to upgrade without backing up (wouldn't recognise any type of external drive/SD/usb stick and explorer.exe kept crashing).. so now im on windows 10 and all the problems i had were instantly fixed.. didn't lose any files either.. IS THIS A DREAM?

 

Good to hear mate. It's easier than you think!

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