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| Thread ID: 142462 | 2016-07-05 02:35:00 | Any advice before I hit the Get Started button to install Win10 | bellbird (6169) | Press F1 |
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| 1422679 | 2016-07-05 02:35:00 | I'm upgrading from Win7 Home Premium. Specs are Intel i5, Gigabyte GA-H87M, WD Blue 1TB, GE Force GTX 750Ti, RAM 8GB. Before I install Win10 are there any useful tips from forum members. I probably should add that I have nothing backed up, I've just never known how and where to backup. Thanks | bellbird (6169) | ||
| 1422680 | 2016-07-05 02:38:00 | If youre not worried about backing anything up (I dont either) do a clean install of 10. You may have less chance of it screwing up / having probs later Just make sure whatever you've got has 64 bit drivers |
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| 1422681 | 2016-07-05 03:04:00 | i would download the latest motherboard drivers, in fact keep copies of all the drivers. i had issues with lan not working after the upgrade and had to reinstall the motherboard drivers. |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 1422682 | 2016-07-05 03:22:00 | Thanks Speedy. I've found some info regarding the pros and cons and think that the 'in place upgrade' would be more within my capabilities than the clean install. I think I'll give it a go and hope for the best. | bellbird (6169) | ||
| 1422683 | 2016-07-05 03:56:00 | The simplest form of backup is to copy any important files to an external drive and store it somewhere. You should do this anyway for anything that's of value to you like perhaps family photo's etc because it's very easy to lose a single copy of something and have it be gone forever. As for a clean install vs in place update - the difficulty level is really close to the same. To do a clean install you just need to use the online media creation tool to download and create a boot disk or flash drive then boot off that and follow the prompts, once it's going there's not a lot of difference. Actually you can do it the same as an in place update from within windows as well, just choose to keep nothing and you get a clean install. I still prefer the other method for best results though. The update had the pros of being able to keep you files and programs more easily and having the option to rollback but the Con is a higher chance of instability or compatibility issues. A clean install has a better chance of being trouble free which is why it's so often recommended but you will need to reinstall all your software. Your call. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1422684 | 2016-07-05 04:58:00 | Make you are running the latest version of your anti virus software, especially if it is Eset, Norton or AVG. | wratterus (105) | ||
| 1422685 | 2016-07-05 05:38:00 | I'm back! Thanks everyone for your advice. I went with the in place update and it seems to have installed ok. My emails accounts, pics, docs, bookmarks etc are all there. I'm not sure whether any instability or compatibility issues would have come up during install or might become apparent in time. Anyway lots to learn, should be fun. I was running updated mse wratterus, I see it's been replaced, and will take your advice re backing up photos and stuff to an external harddrive, it's on the list. | bellbird (6169) | ||
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