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Free Upgrade To Windows 10

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seacroft

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york

Joined: Oct 2014

Posts: 87

seacroft has posted at least 25 times and has been a member for 3 months or more

24-02-2016, 02:25 PM

Free Upgrade To Windows 10

I am using 8.1 at the moment and have been putting off upgrading to 10 mainly because I am very nervous about doing it.

How long does it take, and am I likely to be asked technical questions, I can use my laptop as it stands now ok and I have a WD passport connected to which I send important data for back up should I disconnected this before upgrade.

Also I have my printer/scanner and external mouse connected should these be removed.

Patsy

Chatterbox

Joined: Dec 2012

Posts: 31,549

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24-02-2016, 02:27 PM

Re: Free Upgrade To Windows 10

I feel the same way - would rather wait till I get a new laptop
Every day they pester to upgrade, but I am happy as I am .........

Muddy

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Joined: Sep 2015

Posts: 31,286

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24-02-2016, 02:35 PM

Re: Free Upgrade To Windows 10

Every time I upgrade something goes wrong so not doing it..

OldGreyFox

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South Yorkshire

Joined: Feb 2015

Posts: 21,202

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24-02-2016, 03:04 PM

Re: Free Upgrade To Windows 10

Each new O/S released is larger and more complex than the previous one - hence the 'Upgrade' but I believe that your older model of computer might not like all of the extra work that it wasn't designed to do so somethings got to give! Like Patsy, I will accept the new O/S when I get a new machine.

Silbee

Senior Member

Wales ... aka God's pocket.

Joined: Mar 2015

Posts: 725

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24-02-2016, 03:21 PM

Re: Free Upgrade To Windows 10

Old and new rarely mix well.

I've tried the upgrade on a Windows 8 laptop and the one I'm using today Windows 8.1, it didn't go well, slowed both laptops down and was buggy. Both machines were reset to factory settings.

May

Chatterbox

SCOTLAND

Joined: May 2014

Posts: 8,549

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24-02-2016, 03:37 PM

Re: Free Upgrade To Windows 10

Don't do it is My advice..I've had to take My laptop back to the factory settings as I was getting nothing but problems after a while,like the start button working one day and not the next..also prob's with every update....I've lost some files etc',but i'm more than happy to be back with windows 8,and that's where I'm staying.