HP 15-AB031TX: upgrade the OS and recovery

I purchased the above model from Amazon, and it was delivered to me yesterday. Here are my questions:

  1. I'm eligible for upgrade to Windows 10?
  2. If I switch to Windows 10, will be the recovery partition that was created by default, become redundant?
  3. Where is my Windows key?
  4. In the case of reformatting the system, I should install Windows 8.1, use his key and then upgrade to Windows 10 or I can install directly Windows 10?
  5. The package did not have any Driver disk then should I download separately to the exegencies of the future?
  6. This everything is covered by the standard warranty?

Also the foregoing asked, basically I want to know how much I have to tinker with the system without invalidate its guarantee of flexibility.

@RudyP51:

(1) everyone is "eligible" for the upgrade of Win10 because MS is pushing it for free.  IF what you're asking, is if your machine is compatible with Win10, you can check by entering the number on this page: Confirm upgrade to Windows 10 | HP® Official Site

I did and it returns the information that it has NOT been tested by HP, but this is strange, because your PC has Win10 drivers of HP: http://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/HP-Pavilion-15-Notebook-PC-series/7771366/model/7919378#Z7_3054ICK0KGTE30AQO5O3KA30R1

So my best guess is that it IS compatible.

(2) the recovery partition, after the upgrade of Win10, is not redundant, it is useless.  Which is set up to do a restore to your original operating system, and once that is replaced, this will not work because the Win10 upgrade corrupts and in some cases, removes, the recovery partitions OEM, rendering useless HP Recovery Manager.

(3) your Windows product key is embedded in the UEFI firmware on the motherboard.  For this reason, some COA stickers are printed with product keys more.

(4) the Win10 update, unlike previous versions of Windows, does NOT allow you to enter a product key for activation; Instead, it reuses the existing product key.  Once Win10 has been activated on a PC, it is then registered with the Activation of MS servers, and you can reinstall Win10 to the same machine without having to repeat the upgrade.

(5) If you want to save your drivers, I personally recommend a product called Driver Backup.  This allows you to save on ALL your current drivers to a set of files.  IF you copy this set of folders on a USB key, you now have a way to reinstall the drivers when you want to.  I use it and it works great!

(6) I'm sorry, not a person of the guarantee and can not speak to Suggest HP. you contact HP customer support.

If you live in the United States or the Canada, details are on this page: http://www8.hp.com/us/en/contact-hp/phone-assist.html#section1

If you live elsewhere, contact details are on this page: http://www8.hp.com/us/en/contact-hp/ww-contact-us.html

One last thing...

As GoBack to Win10 function has been proven to be unreliable, when people are trying to return to an earlier OS when it does not work, cannot leave the machine in a corrupt State, such that only a full factory reset HP recovery support it will get back to a working condition , and not only you have to buy only media, you end up losing all your data, settings, and applications in the process.

However, you can protect yourself from this kind of problems if, BEFORE you do that, you consider using a third-party application Imaging/restoration as Macrium Reflect to image your machine off, so you can easily restore it if something does not work.  And don't count on the Win10 GoBack function back on Win7, it is not reliable and can leave your computer in a damaged state.

Macrium reflect (MR) provides a FREE version that can be used to image and restore partitions or drives together.

What I recommend is the following:
(1) download and install Macrium reflect (MR)
(2) run M. and choose the option: "Create an image of the partition (s) required to backup and restore Windows" to write a full backup to an external drive or USB key
(3) use the option to create a CD or a USB startup key

NOW, you have the means to restore a full system that works for the external hard drive or USB key in a few minutes.

Have fun experimenting with Win10!

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