Going from Win7 to Win10

[hug0mac]

hi everyone, today i been thinking to convert to windows 10... i feel as its a bit more stable and more people use it without problems and its just generally faster than 7.

 

 

i am wondering, i bought a retail copy of win7 for like 3-4 years ago, i only used the product key 3 times, all fine, but i want a fresh install of windows 10, not "update", my pc is already running windows 7 and i can upgrade for "free" so i was thinking,

 

 

can i download a clean iso of windows 10 and use the same product key? as i heard you can use same key to activate if its real and from windows 7.

 

 

any help? (: maybe tips, how about drivers and such.

 

 

thx <3

[noisebomb44]

You should probably download the win 10 usb installer

Found a full guide of the process 

http://www.howtogeek.com/224342/how-to-clean-install-windows-10/

[ZetZet]

Download windows 10 on usb. Plug in the usb, run setup, select update and choose not to keep anything. 

[hug0mac]

You should probably download the win 10 usb installer

Found a full guide of the process 

http://www.howtogeek.com/224342/how-to-clean-install-windows-10/

 

Download windows 10 on usb. Plug in the usb, run setup, select update and choose not to keep anything. 

 

thats great, thanks! i wonder, can i go back to windows 7 later on if i dont like 10? 

[noisebomb44]

thats great, thanks! i wonder, can i go back to windows 7 later on if i dont like 10? 

You can, its built-in, but i have friends that has had huge problems with it, like crashes and bsod after reverts 

Instead i would create a backup of your OS partition so that you can just overwrite it if you feel like it

If this is not an option, then i would install win 10 on a virtual machine to test it out for a while

 

Edit: just to clarify, i recommend that you either backup win7, or reset your computer if you want to switch back