I have a different story than GK. I didn't upgrade my Windows 7 64-bit install, because I had (and still have, on that hard disk) too many installed programs, and two users.
It's best that you run the Microsoft utility that will scan your system (it takes time) and will tell you which installed programs won't be retained once you acquire and let Windows 10 do its upgrade. There is excellent information available - before you get to that decision, before you run the utility. It is very explicit. Your documents, and settings, will all be retained. Excluding the settings for programs / program suites that you will have to re-install once W10 has completely installed. You can also save a very large file (eg, 550Gb) which Windows Easy Transfer creates (.MIG file). It's a part of the process. Best to read about this - it was very clear to me how and why this was all done, and how to follow the upgrade path. I did actually create a .MIG file before deciding to dual-boot from the same hardware (except the small cost of retaining the 2Tb drive that Windows 7 is booting from). It was an easy decision to put an SSD into the hardware, and configure BIOS to default-boot from it rather than the Windows 7 disk. It's a good time to upgrade, since the "1511" major update to Windows 10 which is really Windows 10.1 was done in 15-11-2015. Downloading the latest ISO from MSDN subscription was a better alternative than giving OK to the 2 or 3Gb of W10 upgrade stuff than my Windows 7 drive had accumulated. If you do decide to upgrade the disk where Windows 7 is installed (ie, to try to retain everything that is installed there, including all programmes), there is a paid alternative which I believe (convinced myself, by quizzing the mob that produce it) which is simple and will retain 100% of your installed programmes. It's well-regarded, has several pricing options depending on whether you have a single machine or a number of them, if re-installing is too big / too complicated. Essentially, it takes an image of your disk and does a lot of work. Although only about $US100 for a single process (not much more for several), I decided on the clean install, to a new drive as described above. (there's probably an Enterprise solution provided by Microsoft that does exactly that, but I'm guessing from some TechNet emails I've seen) I'm very impressed with Windows 10. I didn't like Windows 8 or 8.1, even with a 3rd-party Windows 7-type menu system and despite my totally ignoring the second (touch) desktop and almost every one of its "apps". The Windows 10 updates have been smooth, apart from the Office team's really stuffing up some Outlook patches, which caused me - and I would estimate many tens of thousands of others - to have to totally re-install Outlook, and (if synchronizing with a Hotmail or Outlook.com account) to have to download several Gb of emails etc etc. They have made a few similar blues in the last 6 months - they should know better! Ian Thomas Albert Park, Victoria 3206 Australia -----Original Message----- From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Davy Jones Sent: Wednesday, 2 March 2016 10:01 PM To: ozDotNet <ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> Subject: [ot] upgrading to windows 10 Hey guys Anyone got any advice on upgrading windows 7 to windows 10? Thanks Davy Sent from my iPhone
