Upgrading to Windows 10 Troubleshooting

[TheToxicgamer97]

Hello,

    The other day I finally decided to upgrade my gaming rig to Windows 10 after doing so to my laptop and computer at school. I've had pretty good experiences so far and I like Windows 10. I never had a Windows 8.1 computer so I'm going from 7 to 10 here.

    On my gaming rig I have an SSD as my boot drive, and a hard drive that stores most programs and files. I also have a second SSD for some games like BF4 and Dragon Age for quicker loading times. So when I went to upgrade to Windows 10 the other day, I had to do it manually from a flash drive because I never got the icon in my task tray. But then when I was setting it up, it didn't allow me to save all my files and programs. I don't remember the exact message, but it had something to do with Windows being installed in a weird directory. It's a genuine copy of Windows so I just don't understands why it won't work. 

    Any suggestions would be much appreciated and I thank you for them in advance!

[techguru]

Hello,

    The other day I finally decided to upgrade my gaming rig to Windows 10 after doing so to my laptop and computer at school. I've had pretty good experiences so far and I like Windows 10. I never had a Windows 8.1 computer so I'm going from 7 to 10 here.

    On my gaming rig I have an SSD as my boot drive, and a hard drive that stores most programs and files. I also have a second SSD for some games like BF4 and Dragon Age for quicker loading times. So when I went to upgrade to Windows 10 the other day, I had to do it manually from a flash drive because I never got the icon in my task tray. But then when I was setting it up, it didn't allow me to save all my files and programs. I don't remember the exact message, but it had something to do with Windows being installed in a weird directory. It's a genuine copy of Windows so I just don't understands why it won't work. 

    Any suggestions would be much appreciated and I thank you for them in advance!

you need to upgrade to 10 from 7 from inside windows first

then do the clean install once 10 is activated

[TheToxicgamer97]

you need to upgrade to 10 from 7 from inside windows first

then do the clean install once 10 is activated

Oh I see what you're saying, but I don't want to do a clean install. That's what I'm trying to avoid. I want to keep all my files and programs.

[techguru]

Oh I see what you're saying, but I don't want to do a clean install. That's what I'm trying to avoid. I want to keep all my files and programs.

well technically you can

but I wouldn't advise it

your gonna have problems with 10 if you don't clean install it eventually

 

but for now...you can just do the upgrade

download 10 onto a usb stick with the media tool

then from inside 7..go to the usb stick and click on the setup.exe file

[TheToxicgamer97]

well technically you can

but I wouldn't advise it

your gonna have problems with 10 if you don't clean install it eventually

Why would I have problems?

[techguru]

Why would I have problems?

cause everyone does who doesn't clean install...or it seems like most..based on people on here

 

Ive installed 10 like 50 times now on various pc's always clean installing after the upgrade

and haven't had any problems that are more then minor things that will get fixed later

[Pinkieseb]

Windows 10 fried my HDD. I lost everything on the computer, heres some advice. Dont upgrade.

[techguru]

Windows 10 fried my HDD. I lost everything on the computer, heres some advice. Dont upgrade.

don't upgrade...IF you can't do a clean install afterwards

 

and also..an OS doesn't fry a hdd

[TheToxicgamer97]

cause everyone does who doesn't clean install...or it seems like most..based on people on here

 

Ive installed 10 like 50 times now on various pc's always clean installing after the upgrade

and haven't had any problems that are more then minor things that will get fixed later

I would like to do a clean install, I just don't wanna go through the process of backing up all my files and reinstalling all my programs. It's a major pain in the arse

[techguru]

I would like to do a clean install, I just don't wanna go through the process of backing up all my files and reinstalling all my programs. It's a major pain in the arse

yea I know...

 

what I usually do is backup the configuration data for programs that are a nusance to reconfigure

then all I have to do is quickly reinstall the program

..and dump the config files into the correct folder and ..then program is back to how I had it before

[TetraSky]

Windows 10 fried my HDD. I lost everything on the computer, heres some advice. Dont upgrade.

Correlation does not imply causation.

After upgrading to Windows 10, one of my HDD also died, but it's certainly not Windows 10's fault. Otherwise I'm pretty sure my other 4 HDD would've died too. (the one that died was Seagate, the other drives are WD)

[Pinkieseb]

Correlation does not imply causation.

After upgrading to Windows 10, one of my HDD also died, but it's certainly not Windows 10's fault. Otherwise I'm pretty sure my other 4 HDD would've died too. (the one that died was Seagate, the other drives are WD)

Yeah but the update caused it. I was on my mums laptop and it automatically updated it. Fried 750GB of her work stuff and Im grounded until I buy my own PC because apparently Its my fault cos I couldnt fix it

[Pinkieseb]

don't upgrade...IF you can't do a clean install afterwards

 

and also..an OS doesn't fry a hdd

Look it up. Its corrupted quite a few HDDs if you google it a lot of people complain about it.

[iDeJayDzn]

Correlation does not imply causation.

After upgrading to Windows 10, one of my HDD also died, but it's certainly not Windows 10's fault. Otherwise I'm pretty sure my other 4 HDD would've died too. (the one that died was Seagate, the other drives are WD)

 

The irony.

[Philosobyte]

I would like to do a clean install, I just don't wanna go through the process of backing up all my files and reinstalling all my programs. It's a major pain in the arse

Just move your entire user folder at C:\Users\YourUsername into a backup drive. That saves the hassle of choosing individual files if your drive has space for it. 

 

Reinstalling programs is not a pain if you've kept all the installation files. But I agree otherwise. 

 

The clean install is worth it. 

[TetraSky]

Yeah but the update caused it. I was on my mums laptop and it automatically updated it. Fried 750GB of her work stuff and Im grounded until I buy my own PC because apparently Its my fault cos I couldnt fix it

How did it die?

For me, it was making this clicking noise every second or so. The drive platter was obviously not spinning either (or at a very low RPM)

It was also not my primary drive, it was just a storage drive.

The irony.

Well it was over 4 years old at that point, and I was already having read/write speed issue on it (was barely getting 15MB/s in writes, 40MB/s in reads.)

As for the OP, upgrade while booted in Windows 7, launch setup.exe on the flash drive and it will ask you if you want to keep your files, select the option to keep them and upgrade. Once that's done, you're not obligated to do a clean install.

Windows 10 will work just fine on your PC.(I have 2 other PC where I just upgraded and they work perfectly)

The clean install is just for that, for having it be "clean", a fresh start if you will.

If you're worried about something possibly being "broken" after upgrading, just open a command prompt as Admin and run the " sfc /scannow " command to fix any potential issue.

[techguru]

Look it up. Its corrupted quite a few HDDs if you google it a lot of people complain about it.

corrupting it...and killing it...are 2 very different things

 

and yes obviously it could screw up the OS...especially if the original os was screwy to begin with

[Pinkieseb]

corrupting it...and killing it...are 2 very different things

 

and yes obviously it could screw up the OS...especially if the original os was screwy to begin with

The OS was originally fine... Not really. A corrupted drive is a dead drive.

[Pinkieseb]

How did it die?

For me, it was making this clicking noise every second or so. The drive platter was obviously not spinning either (or at a very low RPM)

It was also not my primary drive, it was just a storage drive.

Well it was over 4 years old at that point, and I was already having read/write speed issue on it (was barely getting 15MB/s in writes, 40MB/s in reads.)

As for the OP, upgrade while booted in Windows 7, launch setup.exe on the flash drive and it will ask you if you want to keep your files, select the option to keep them and upgrade. Once that's done, you're not obligated to do a clean install.

Windows 10 will work just fine on your PC.(I have 2 other PC where I just upgraded and they work perfectly)

The clean install is just for that, for having it be "clean", a fresh start if you will.

If you're worried about something possibly being "broken" after upgrading, just open a command prompt as Admin and run the " sfc /scannow " command to fix any potential issue.

It was a laptop. One drive haha. I updated using the Windows 10 update thing built into Windows 8 and the drive just got corrupted during a restart.

[TetraSky]

It was a laptop. One drive haha. I updated using the Windows 10 update thing built into Windows 8 and the drive just got corrupted during a restart.

By "corrupted" you mean it just blue screen or something? Or did the drive fail physically, as in, no longer recognized even by the bios, clicking sounds, not spinning, etc... ? Because you could just reinstall windows if it didn't physically fail.

[techguru]

The OS was originally fine... Not really. A corrupted drive is a dead drive.

I doubt that

most peoples os installs get overrun with crap very quickly