Upgrade from Win 7?

Discussion in 'Windows 10' started by harvey rabbit, May 21, 2021.

  1. harvey rabbit

    harvey rabbit MDL Novice

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    Hi.. So I've been using Win 7 Pro with Daz loader for at least ten years with no problems (thanks Daz) But I'm wondering now what would happen if I tried to do an over the top upgrade to Windows 10 20H2. Since Win 10 seems to be able to continue working for free with only a few minor cosmetic blocks and a message to buy it would it recognize the loader and cause more problems long term? I have an older ASUS MB with a standard BIOS.

    Also, what happens to older programs installed on my Win 7 system that aren't compatible with Win 10? Like Acronis TI 2014 which I would theoretically rely upon to get a screwed up Win 10 upgrade back to Win 7. I do have it set up to run pre-boot off of CD but I'm not sure it would work with 10 installed.

    Thanks for your time.
     
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    Enthousiast MDL Tester

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    When you upgrade to 20H2 Pro you will still get a free HWID for 10 Pro.

    Incompatible apps should not be taken over by the upgrade, iirc it will show you a report.

    You can upgrade by simply extracting the 20H2 consumer ISO to a folder and run setup.exe.