Can upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 10 break anything important.

[Phisher101]

By important I mean things such as things which cannot be repaired without a fresh install.

 

I've had a friend of mine telling me after they upgraded from Windows 7 to 10, they had problems with not being able to update windows, they're PC's would restart but it would always say failed and reboot again.

 

I'm just wondering if this has happend to anyone else and if it's an actual issue, because doing a fresh install through media isn't really something I want to do. 

[Psycosis86]

You should be fine. My computer is from 2008. It started with vista. I upgraded to 7, then 8, 8.1, and finally 10. The only issue I had was from 7 to 8. The windows install kept failing and I eventually had to do a registry edit to fix the issue. The only other issue I ran into is that some of my mobo drivers did not have a windows 10 version. However, windows update was able to find something for all but one item. My computer runs great on 10, and I only had that one major issue. 

 

Since you are using recent and still relevant hardware, you shouldn't have any issues doing the upgrade. 

[HPWebcamAble]

Yes, it can break all kinds of things. Most notably, program installations.

Problems with windows itself after an upgrade are less common.

 

I'd recommend a fresh install. As will most people on the forum.

@Enderman

[LogicalDrm]

It wont break any hardware. You may loose files and program installations might not work afterwards. Just backup anything important to removable HDD, stick or even optical disc.