Windows 10

[Outrun2]

Hi all, particularly IT experts!

What is the cheapest genuine way to get Windows 10 on an old laptop?

My mum has a 10 year old Dell that is running Windows 7 Home Premium (SP1) and I'd like to get Windows 10 on there. It's in near new condition as she only uses it for web browsing and Solitaire

It's powerful enough to run Windows 10 but I don't want to spend over a hundred quid updating it, might as well buy a new laptop.

Any thoughts? I've seen it cheap on some sites but would prefer a recommendation to a known genuine solution.

Thanks for any input

 

[Alpha1]

https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/upgrade-to-windows-10-free

 

[Outrun2]

Thanks, I'll give this a go. Looks like I can download on my pc then create an install usb, internet access is a problem on her laptop at the moment.

It's been ages since I installed Windows on a pc, is it still possible to format the c:/ drive and do a clean install or did that go with Windows XP?

 

[FinalFight]

/FinalFight2021-10-22 15:21:21

 

[Guests]

As Alpha mentioned.. If you use the Windows 7 key it will still activate Windows 10 Home edition free and it will assign a digital licence to your laptop so next time you reinstall you can say i dont have a key and it should automatically activate.

Done it with loads of laptops, did one just the other day. Microsoft are keen for users to upgrade from their legacy OS's.

rotunda2021-10-01 09:29:14

 

[Bods]

I was just thinking what to do with my machine after hard drive failed, needed updating anyway but dont know if i want windows 10 on it

Would be happy with windows 8 or 8.1 is it, not sure if you could trust downloading stuff these days like windows 8 and some crack or key generator though

I did that with 7, site had 6 versions of it and key gen activator, never had issue and got the offers for free win 10, partner updated hers from this win 7 install fine

Could install 7 again and do update to 10 i guess

Main thing though if you have installed loads of junk on windows and i found putting stuff like AVG and Anti Malware programs on windows, it made your PC run like crap, leaving it just fresh install with updates and its like 30secs boot up and does everything instant

Always said to people when sorted them with PC's over the years, dont install loads of programmes or it will be really slow, when they rang me a year later saying its taking 30mins to boot up or booting up for 20 mins then just reboots again, they have filled it with silly programmes, wipe it and new install all fine, loads used to think pc was faulty and throw them down tip for it, so if it like that you want fresh install anyway surely, updating to windows 10 wont clear all that junk will it?

Any good windows versions free you can trust?

 

[Outrun2]

Just to follow up on this, I downloaded Windows 10 onto a USB key, changed the BIOS to boot off USB first and re-booted. Windows 10 install ran and I was able to format the existing Windows 7 partition and do a pretty clean install of Windows 10.

The Windows 7 Home Premium key worked so the laptop is now running loads better on an activated Windows 10 OS.

Laptop is a 2009 Dell Studio 1555 Core2 Duo P7450 2.13GHz with 4GB RAM

Thanks for the help