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• Acer Predator running win 8.1 that I want to upgrade to win 10. What recovery disc?

  I have an installed two years with Win 8.1 old Acer predator. I want to upgrade to Win 10, but I'm concerned about what will happen if I get a hard drive at some point failure. Should I pay for another set of recovery disks? Or will I have to install Win 8 of the discs I have, then move to 8.1, and then to win 10?

  If your HARD drive dies, you can use your recovery disk windows 8 and then switch to 10 without going through 8.1

  but...

  I can suggest an easy way.

  You can create an image just system after the upgrade to windows 10, have your drivers updated to version 10 of windows and make sure that your system is stable.

  After that, with the windows tool, you can create the system image on DVD or external HARD drive and use it to re - install your copy of windows 10 as you just improved.

  http://www.CNET.com/how-to/how-to-create-a-system-image-in-Windows-10/

  to use an image from windows system, you need a windows bootable 10 installation media but it's easy to get from microsoft:

  http://www.Microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/Windows10

  Download the .iso file and burn it to a DVD.

  then, at the end, you start from the DVD and choose repair your PC and select to load the image of the system.

• HP m9040n want to upgrade to win 7 and ssd. no problem to get bios maybe

  looking to upgrade. something I need to worry

  Hello

  Before you do anything, remember that you have a set of HP recovery disks in case you would have to withdraw.  Back up your data on an external support. An external USB hard drive would be my choice.

  Dobios updatewhile you're still under VISTA.

  Run these two utilities. .    Microsoft Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor.   Test for 64-bit hardware  Look at the results of the analysis of 64-bit with Upgrade Advisor.

  Update your memory on VISTA.  Then, run this utility to make sure that the memory is good.  Download memtest86 iso file and burn it to disk using the Imgburn.

  If you upgrade the memory beyond 4 GB, then you need Windows 7 64 bit to take advantage of the extra memory. None of the HP added value will be offered under Windows 7 64-bit you will need to do a clean install.

  Now, do a fresh install of Windows 7 64-bit. Apply all updates including service pack 1.  You may need to restart and run the update of Windows process several times to get everything updated.

  Now, install all the programs you need and updates for them.

  Look over the size of the C partition to perhaps determine the size of the SSD to buy it. I would consider an SSD that is greater than the space used on the C 20 GB partition, but it's your decision to make on the amount of free space to store for updates and future expansion.  Depending on your needs, a 60-80 GB SSD may be enough.

  Looking for an SSD that meets your needs of space and comes with a migration kit (software plus one sata cable USB). If you have an empty hard drive Bay so your will need a 2.5 "to 3.5" disk media adapters and sata data cable. If you do not have a Bay hard drive empty then use an empty optical Bay. In this case, you will need a 2.5 "to 5.25" Bay adapter brackets and a sata data cable.

  Open your PC and inspect cables power the hard drive Bay. Do you see a spare power connector?  If you do not have a hard drive Bay empty then use and empty optical drive Bay.  Looking for a replacement power adapter. If a sata power connector is not available but a molex adapter 4 pin is then you will need to purchase a power adapter to manage the molex connector to a sata power connector.

  Before mounting the SSD inside your PC, use the migration kit and the process to the image of your hard drive Windows 7 overall of the SSD. You need only to images in the mbr record, SYSTEM and C partitions.  If this process is successful then mount the SSD inside your PC and connect the power and sata data cables.  Start now and make sure that Windows recognizes the new sata SSD. If it's good then boot into the bios and change the boot order to reflect the SSD as the first device to boot from the hard drive and save the settings.

  If your PC starts now with the SSD then smile. You must disable defragmentation for the C partition because it is not necessary.  Your original hard drive is still intact, so you can use it to store the data a possibly an emergency boot disk if something goes wrong with the SSD or Windows 7 on SSD.

• I want to upgrade to win 7 XP he. I have 2 HD to the computer, one running XP and the 2nd running w2000.

  Question: Can I use the w2000 HD to install win 7, so clean all that HD and leaving the HD only XP? Or can I install win7 on XP HD, cleaning this one out, erasing the w2000 OS in the another HD, but leaving all applications and only data?

  Hi Dsears,

  Thank you for visiting Microsoft answers Forum.

  You can install windows7 in one of the hard drives, as long as you need.

  Windows 7 minimum hardware requirements:

  1. 1 GHz 32 - bit or 64-bit processor
  2. 1 GB RAM for 32-bit Windows 7 OR 2 GB of RAM for Windows 7 64-bit
  3. 16 GB available disk space 32-bit Windows 7 OR 20 GB for 64-bit Windows 7
  4. Supported graphics DirectX 9 with 128 MB memory (to enable the Aero theme)
  5. DVD-R/W drive
  6. Internet access or phone to activate Windows 7.

  Thank you best regards &,.

  Vijay - Microsoft technical support.

  Visit our Microsoft answers feedback Forum and let us know what you think.

• I want to upgrade my pc from win xp to win 8 which version should I buy for my office?

  I am a practitioner of the income tax. I have a small office with 2-3 PCs in a local network. I installed win XP in there. Now, I want to upgrade to win 8. What version of win 8 should I buy? Do I have to renew the license of win 8 each year?

  Hi Marc,

  You will be able to create a LAN (Local Area Network) connection on the computer of Windows 8. You can read the articles for more information:

  What it takes to set up a home network

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-in/Windows-8/what-you-need-Setup-home-network

  Add a device or a PC to a network

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-in/Windows-8/Add-device-or-PC-to-network

  It will be useful.

• You want to upgrade 64-bit but have old obsolete programs, I don't want to lose?

  I'm running Win 7 32 bit and you want to upgrade to win 7 64 bit. I know that to do this I have to do a clean install. But I have many older programs, that I always use. Many of the original disc have been lost in a fire a couple of years. And most of my old programs is not yet supported more.

  My only option I see is upgraded and drop them. Or build an another desktop computer and start over and keep my old computer for programs.

  But I was wondering, I could replace my hard drive with a new one, save the original hard drive, load win 7 64 bit on the new hard drive. can implement a virtual machine and run older 32-bit version on it?

  I'm about to bite the bullet and go, leaving my old programs behind, but I always use and I paid a lot of money for them (AutoCAD, SolidWorks) and so on.

  Is there any hope, or should I spend in the future and leave the past behind?

  If your programs are important to you, I suggest that stick you with Windows 7 32 bit, especially if they work very well and accomplish all tasks you need to do.

  You could do a P2V and migrate your installation of Windows 32 bit to a Virtual Machine, but the process is time consuming and does not guarantee stability.

  Its best you have a new machine with Windows 7 64-bit configuration and gradually migrate your applications and workflows over time.

  Learn more about P2V (physical to virtual) of the solutions:

  VMware vCenter Converter: P2V Machine virtual converter ...

  also:

  http://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/physical-to-virtual

• HP 450-011: delete the recovery partition after upgrade to win 10?

  I have a new HP 450-011 and it came with Win 8.1 and the recovery with the letter D: drive partition.  I did the upgrade to windows 10.  I made a set of recovery DVD for win installation 8.1.  Is there a reason for me not to delete the D: drive and replace it with my information?  I seriously doubt I'll want to roll back to 8.1 Win.

  Greetings,

  Have you tested the Win 8.1 HP Recovery disks before installing Win 10?

  A question is: If you need technical assistance from HP tech for a possible hardware problem. HP normally requires that the factory installed operating system to take in charge. This policy of HP may have changed during the upgrade to win 10. I do not suspect.

  You can export the recovery, Partition because it will not work now in any case.

  But you need a way to go back to win 8.1 when you need HP warranty support.

  Since you have already upgraded to Win 10, the only way to check the recovery of 8.1 Win disks is to use them and start all over again. Or the support of disks/USB recovery HP Win 8.1 on a new equivalent or larger HDD or SSD. A good installation means that you have now the factory install on this disk.

  It's a lot of work.

  The problem of guaranteed support is your problem.

  I have eliminated this problem by installing Win 10 on a new SSD. I have HP Win 8.1 on a separate SSD and win 10 on a different SSD. Possible guarantee problem solution means earn 8.1 running on HP SSD factory to check the problem of winning 10 SSD.

  Hemdani

• Blue screen after upgrading to Win 8.1 - Satellite C850 - 17G

  A year ago, I bought a Satellite C850 - 17 G (PSKCCE) with Windows 7 pre-installed. For a small fee, I upgraded to Win 8. Worked well.

  In November 2013, I wanted to do the free update to Win8.1. There I estimated at 2.5 months and a lot of reading on the forums to complete the upgrade to 8.1 Win. Everything worked fine for about 3 weeks.

  Can I get some updated windows up-to-date pressed, restarted the laptop and it ended the history of success.
  Blue screen and I had this option was to force back to the factory settings.
  So here I am again with Windows 7.

  On the Toshiba site, I see now that my model of laptop, Satellite C850 with part No. PSKCCE is not a model of support for the update 8.1 Win. Can someone tell me why?

  It will support in the future?

  > On the Toshiba site, I see now that my model of laptop, Satellite C850 with part No. PSKCCE is not a model of support for the update 8.1 Win

  Hmm, I guess you're wrong because on the Toshiba UE driver page I could find drivers Windows 8.1 for the Satellite C850 PSKCCE
  http://www.Toshiba.EU/innovation/download_drivers_bios.jsp

  BSOD issues are really bothersome, because this can happen due to hardware malfunction or also due to problems of system or driver.
  Same 3rd party software could affect systems

  That's why it very difficult to say what might cause this problem without checks unique pieces, the pilot, and the reporting system.

• HP Envy M6: My HARD drive is not bad on my computer? I have reloaded Win 8 and upgraded to Win 8.1 but he keeps crashing

  Hi need help and answers from an expert!

  My HP Envy M6 Recenly has stopped working correctly, so I decided to recover as soon as possible.  She still had the same problems, so I decided to restore factory with recovery USB flash drive I did.  Always had the same problem happens after I rebooted 8 Win and improved to 8.1.  It would work for a few minutes and stop working I used chkdsk and it says it fixed a few problems with the drive.

  I went through the same steps another 3 times!  After each time that once I had that he would be running again after a clean reinstall.  I would like to run chkdsk and it looks like he fixed some error, but last time, it wouldn't or couldn't find some files to run and crashed.  I tried loading Acronis and tried to reinstall the backup from there but that also failed to correct the problem.  I came to the conclusion that my HD is physically wrong?

  I guess the recovery process would reformat the partitions before you reinstall so it's not a logic error (software)?  From the recovery partition, the recovery Flash disk media and recovery software acronis can fix this, I can only assume, there is a problem with the drive itself?

  Is there a way to check this?  I don't mind replacing the drive to a SSD, so this isn't a problem, but I can't seem to find a product key.  Nothing printed on the bottom.  I read somewhere that it is now integrated with the motherboard bios so can I just use the recovery media that I did on a flash drive?

  Also, I have my backup file but I could never find the location of the image my wife loaded as the photo of "lock" screen which I do not have a copy of.  I have the backup files for windows 8.1 by Acronis and according to me, a Windows backup file on a backup drive, but I was wondering if these "locked screen hidden image" would be held somewhere in these data?  It is not under the images and I have never been able to find or understand where windows keeps this image.  I used the search without success.

  Of course, this is not critical, but I hate losing this particular image.  I hope it's keep somewhere in my back upward and when restoring with a new drive hard I can reload the backup and restore.

  So I really ned knowledge step by step: my HD is bad?  How can I check without having to spend hours to reload only to fail?

  Why chkdisk does not?  Or should I simply replace HD and if so what can I use the new disk recovery media and product ID will be accessible through the motherboard?

  I intend to upgrade to win 10, but I need Win 8 loading first, then move to 8.1 then move to Win 10?  Also in the future if it crashes how can I recover to win 10? Since it is free now but will not be later.  The upgrade will allow me to make a copy (a copy) to win 10?

  A lot of questions, but please provide the fastest solution to my problems and concerns.

  Thank you in advance!

  FM Hawaii

  Hello fmhawaii ;
  
  I read your post on your PC crashing and wanted to help.

  It certainly seems that your hard drive has failed.  Some PC allows the drive to check in the BIOS: test a hard drive in the BIOS. HP® customer support

  If that confirms that the disc is bad, then you will need to replace it.

  As for activation, you are right in that, with Win8x machines, the product key is embedded in the motherboard UEFI firmware, however, the instructions in this link, show you how to recover: find product - key for Windows 8

  When you restore from recovery media, which is supposed to automatically read product key, so you will not have to enter something to activate reinstall it.  My guess is that the drive problems that prevented from happening.

  Acronis allows you to mount an image file by using a drive letter, and once you do this, you should then be able to browse through the content to find the file you want.  However, depending on what part of the logon icon changed, it might be embedded image in a Windows system file, and unless there is a separate copy of this image, it will be very difficult to recover.  IF you Google it, you might be able to find downloadable tools for disassembly of this file and subseuent extraction of this file.

  I wouldn't hurry to Win10, but if you choose to follow this path, don't forget to make a new advance Acronis backup, then you can return to a system of Win8x of work if something is wrong - as the Win10 GoBack function is known to be unreliable.
  
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• Recovery and upgrade to win 8

  I use the HP pavilion g6 2020se runnig real win 7 and plan to upgrade to Windows 8.

  I created Hp recovery discs and my hard drive also contains the recovery partition.

  Before the upgrade, I have a few q:

  1. will I have dual boot options (win 7 and win 8) after I upgrade? Y at - it a facility during the upgrade to display the partition where win 8 needs to be installed?

  2. after the upgrade to win 8, removing previous installtion of windows 7 (i.e., removal of system "windows.old" folder) will affect the recovery procedures in the future?  More clearly, will be F11 or recovery disks work after doing the deletion above?

  3. If after the upgrade I want to downgrade to win 7 (the same State just before the upgrade), how to ensure that all my win 7 postulants windows updates and stay as it is just before the upgrade.

  Help PLz...

  You are welcome.
  
  Not sure why the link doesn't work, but I'll give you the link below. It worked for me earlier. The optimal path to get Windows 7 on the system is to use the recovery discs. The link is provided to enable the option to use the windows.old folder to go back, but you do not use this option which makes the irrelevant link at this point. But it's a good backup plan.
  http://goo.GL/XFBz1
  
  The recovery discs are intended to operate independently of any software on the hard drive. In fact, this is how the replacement of hard drives is installed. A hard drive goes out, a new one is mounted (and free of any software or partitions), and the recovery discs (the user created or sent by HP) are used to reinstall all of the original software. Little matter if the hard drive is empty or not, but what is important, is that it is the same computer that the recovery discs were made for based on the serial number and other factors. Be assured that the recovery disks will work as long as the material is physically the same and serial number matches, which is coded in the recovery disks.
  
  I used my discs of recovery of Windows 7 on a hard drive wiped several times, including the case using an advanced hard drive "cleaner" to erase all data.
  
  My own experience can enlighten us on that. I installed Windows 8 (or five) about four times on my laptop due to various problems of Windows 8. I will note, the questions were the result of my laptop is too old and not designed for Windows 8. Whenever I returned to Windows 7, I used the recovery without problem discs. This should be the same experience you have.
  
  The only time that the recovery disks can fail, it is if a smaller hard disk replacing the hard drive from the factory.
  
  The answer to the question of recovery of the disc is Yes on both accounts.
  
  The Windows.old folder has nothing to do with the (user created or sent by HP) HP recovery disks. Windows.Old is the culmination of a process of upgrading Microsoft in case something goes wrong, while the old data is not lost. It's more than a safety net which allows to return to the previous Windows without wiping the hard disk entirely. Since the windows.old folder should not be used to go back to Windows 7, think of it as a Museum of old files Windows. There is at this stage as archive.
  
  I hope I answered your questions and removed any doubt about the recovery disks.

• I want to upgrade my OS to widows 2007

  I want to upgrade my OS to widows 2007 but I have a 896 ram memory is available or not? NEED TO UPDATE MY RAM OR HE DIDN'T THERE HAS OTHER SOLUTIONS.

  There is no Windows 2007.  Say you Vista or win 7.

  Although it is possible to run one of them with the RAM, it will be very, very slow.  Better stay on xp or get a new computer.

• I want to upgrade the processor and not get disqualified EULA.

  I want to upgrade a P4 660 3.6 mhz to a Duo E7500 or an X 6800 / QX 6800 image.  No problem of EULA in XP Pro? Any problem Upping a Duo E7500 core for a X 6800 / QX6800 under Win 7 64-bit / Win XP Pro 32 emulator? Most responses not precise enough. Both computers have been made using OEM Windows Home... Currently using a 4CoreDualSATA2 R2.0 ASRock and GigaByte HD4600 series (465D 0 AGP 8 x 1 GB) gpu.

  Hello DavidShortt

  As a general rule, you can upgrade or replace all the hardware components on your computer and maintain the license for the operating system Microsoft OEM original software, with the exception of an upgrade or replacement of the motherboard. An upgrade of the motherboard is supposed to lead to a "new personal computer. Software operating system Microsoft OEM cannot be transferred from one computer to the other. Therefore, if the motherboard is updated or replaced for other reasons that a defect was created to a new computer, the original license expires, and we need a new full operating system license (and not an upgrade). This is true even if the computer is covered by Software Assurance or other Volume Licensing programs.

  Microsoft license issues Doc

• Pavilion P6130F blue screen after upgrade to Win 7 because of the NVIDIA graphic card

  My computer was working fine under Vista 64-bit. I got the upgrade CD Win 7 64 bit. The installation went well. But after a few days I get BSOD. The computer hangs at random: opening Visual Studio or even open a folder. The graphics card shows as NVidia GeForce 9100 in the Device Manager. I downloaded and installed the latest driver from HP site. That did not help. Then I installed the latest driver from NVidia site itself; This file is named: 195.62_desktop_win7_winvista_64bit_english_whql.exe, but that did not help either one.

  Taskbark of the window has a message that 'graphic NVIdia has stopped working"and then recommend downloading drivers.

  I used the program "WhoCrashed" and that's what he said:

  Crash dump directory: C:\Windows\Minidump

  Dumps are enabled on your computer.

  Saturday, November 28, 2009 16:12:22 crashed your computer
  This was probably caused by the following module: nvlddmkm.sys
  Bug check code: 0 x 116 (0xFFFFF8801013E230, 0xFFFFFA80074ED4E0, 0 x 2, 0 x 0)
  Error: VIDEO_TDR_ERROR
  Empty the file: C:\Windows\Minidump\112809-25646-01.dmp
  file path: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\nvlddmkm.sys
  product: NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver, Version 195.62
  company: NVIDIA Corporation
  Description: NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver, Version 195.62

  Help, please. I don't want to spend hours either roll back to Vista or reformat and start over. It is losing too much of my time.

  Thank you!

  Install this hotfix

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/976972

• Upgrade to Win 7 Home Premium 32 bit Vista Home Premium 32

  I have a laptop Dell Inspiron 1525 with an Intel Duo T5550 processor.

  It came with Vista Home Premium OEM.  I want to switch to Win 7 Home Premium 32.  I have lost the backup package of all software provided with the PC.  Do I need the original disc against the install Vista upgrade to Windows 7 or recognize the Win 7 install my Vista complete?  I remember way back when I upgraded from Mellenium to XP I had to insert a Windows Installer disk.  Help?

  The Windows 7 upgrade will be superimposed the Vista.

  The upgrade is performed from a Vista running

  Windows 7 questions for:

  http://www.Microsoft.com/Windows/Windows-7/get/Upgrade-Advisor.aspx

  Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor.

  http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd772579 (WS.10) .aspx

  Railways upgrade to Windows 7 at the link above.

  http://www.Microsoft.com/Windows/compatibility/Windows-7/en-us/default.aspx

  Windows 7 Hardware/Software Compatibility Center.

  For any question on Windows 7:

  http://social.answers.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/category/Windows7

  Link above is Windows 7 Forum for questions on Windows 7.

  Windows 7 questions should be directed to / stationed there.

  You are in the Vista Forums.

  See you soon.

  Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner

• I have an OEM Win 10 Pro and want to downgrade to Win 7 pro, but don't have Win 7 Pro iso or disc

  I have an OEM Win 10 Pro and want to downgrade to Win 7 pro, but do not have Win 7 Pro iso or disc. The seller tells me that MS will provide Win 7 Pro to achieve, but my Windows 10 Pro product key does not work on the download page.

  Thank you

  Unidentata

  If Pro 10 Windows was preinstalled on your computer, see how in-depth instructions downgrade:

  How Downgrade Windows preinstalled 10 for Windows 7/8.1

  As mentioned in the article, it is your responsibility to facilitate access to Windows 7 Professional reinstall media. He may be borrowing retail upgrade or full version of media or OEM System Builder.

  You can use the following utility to download the ISO of Windows 7 Professional:

  Microsoft Windows and Office ISO download tool - HeiDoc.net

  Instructions for activation phone activation use after decommissioning in detail article I linked at the start. No need to buy Windows 7 Professional.

  Instead of replace, you might want to consider dual booting:

  How to: Dual Boot Windows 7 or Windows 8 with Windows installed 10 first

  If what you bought is an OEM System Builder Windows 10 Pro license, then you can indeed buy Windows 7 Professional.

  Because Windows 7 is in limited stock because Microsoft ended sales in October 2013, this created demand due to its rarity. This means the retail boxed copies request a bonus, while the OEM System Builder copies remain affordable.

  Full version (retail):

  -Includes the rights of transfer to another computer.

  -Does not require a qualifying earlier version of Windows.

  -Expensive

  Upgrade version (detail):

  -Includes the rights of transfer to another computer.

  -require a qualifying earlier version of Windows.

  -Expensive, but less expensive full version

  OEM System Builder version:

  The OEM of Windows 7 versions are identical to the versions commercial full license with the following exception:

  -OEM versions don't offer any free direct support from Microsoft technical support Microsoft

  -OEM Licenses are tied to the computer first you install and activate it on

  -OEM versions allow all hardware upgrades except for an upgrade to a different model motherboard

  -OEM versions does not move directly from an older Windows operating system

  There is nothing wrong to use it too, especially that all future versions of Windows will be full versions.

  You can find software OEM System Builder of dozens of online merchants. The current price for OEM Windows 7 Professional Newegg, for example, is $ 140. When I checked a few minutes ago, Amazon offered packages OEM Windows 7 Professional from several vendors at prices ranging from $ 101 to $ 150. When I checked earlier, a package specifically designed for reconditioned PCs cost only $ 50 for a 64-bit copy.

  There is no technical limitation to prevent you from using OEM software on your computer, although this software only works for a clean install, not an upgrade. In the past, Microsoft has been remarkably inconsistent in his advice to clients on the question of whether this practice is allowed. (See "is allowed to use Windows OEM on your own PC? Don't ask Microsoft. »)