Windows 7

victor2

melbury wrote: »

Online there is also a long list of websites that I use all the time that were imported from IE when I change to Chrome, plus loads of bookmarked sites, probably dozens! What would be the best way of keeping those sites that are actually online? Snipping tool and pasting into word and printing off perhaps?

From https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/96816?hl=en-GB:

Get bookmarks on all your devices

Turn sync on in Chrome with the same Google Account on all your devices. By default, your bookmarks will sync on all of them.
Learn more about getting your bookmarks on all your devices.

Do that on the old computer, then do it on the new one and away you go.
You can manually export and import the bookmarks too if you prefer.

EveryWhere

melbury wrote: »

Sorry I don't really know what you mean by Cortana - is that all of the pictures that appear when you click on the windows symbol? Although it is on my work computer, I don't know much about it, e.g. still don't know how to log off if someone else is going to use my computer. I have to use ctrl/alt/delete and do it from there or shut down and start from scratch again. I don't see why they have to change basic things like that and hide them away.

A few people have said to me that it isn't worth replacing Windows 7 with Windows 10 on an old computer and to just go for a new computer with it already installed. Just seems a shame when my computer still works pretty well.

Did you read post # 24 or are you just looking at the posts that reinforce what you'd like to believe?

Your PC is fine. You should fit an SSD to it. You don't need a new PC. You don't need to buy a new licence, as you can upgrade to Windows 10 Pro from what you have now.
If you are too afraid to do anything, you won't do anything.

Aidanmc

VoucherMan wrote: »

What do you have / use on the old computer that you'd want to transfer to a new one? What do you use it for besides browsing the internet?

When I did mine I just copied a few files across with a USB stick. (imagine the sense of achievement when you've beaten the machine, done it all yourself, and of course saved a lot of money:money:) No? Not you? May as well pay someone then.





I too dislike change / Windows 10, but decided that I'll have to use it sooner or later, and the sooner I start, the easier it will be. Doing it now Could be a simple upgrade. Later is more likely to mean new PC/laptop.


Regarding a DIY upgrade (do you have any family / friends who could do it for you?), would it help to watch a video of the process to help convince you? This one looks okay.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2cpyAa7yj8

i tried to upgrade from windows 7 to 10 using this video. Everything seemed to be going fine with the downloading process but at the end it stated that windows 10 was not compatible with my computer and so was not installed! its a hp pavilion g6 laptop.
would i need to fit an ssd first and then install w10?

EveryWhere

Aidanmc wrote: »

i tried to upgrade from windows 7 to 10 using this video. Everything seemed to be going fine with the downloading process but at the end it stated that windows 10 was not compatible with my computer and so was not installed! its a hp pavilion g6 laptop.
would i need to fit an ssd first and then install w10?

If you intend to upgrade over the top of an older OS, you can be informed that your laptop is not compatible.
But in most cases, this is not true. The issue is usually to do with upgrading over the top of the old OS, than actual compatibility with Windows 10.
So it is always better to run a clean install.
Further to that, it is always best to run a clean install to SSD, if you currently have an old style HDD.

The benefit to this method, apart from a much better performance overall, is that the data on the old HDD remains untouched. You can access it at any time and copy it over to the new SSD at your leisure.

Many have done this with the help of the members of this forum and are now happily using their upgraded laptops.

Unfortunately there are few that are too afraid to do anything resembling simple maintenance and prefer to scrap perfectly good hardware. Instead purchasing a whole new device.

Aidanmc

Yes, i was trying to upgrade over windows 7.
I would definitely be willing to attempt to fit an ssd to my laptop. Which one would be suitable? and how can i run a clean install of windows 10 to it.
thanks

EveryWhere

Aidanmc wrote: »

Yes, i was trying to upgrade over windows 7.
I would definitely be willing to attempt to fit an ssd to my laptop. Which one would be suitable? and how can i run a clean install of windows 10 to it.
thanks

Have you posted the exact model details of your device somewhere?

Frozen_up_north

Aidanmc wrote: »

Yes, i was trying to upgrade over windows 7.
I would definitely be willing to attempt to fit an ssd to my laptop. Which one would be suitable? and how can i run a clean install of windows 10 to it.
thanks

Try the Crucial UK web site, they have a utility to scan your hardware:
https://uk.crucial.com/gbr/en/systemscanner

They guarantee compatibility of the SSD, or you get a refund. However, as Everywhere pointed out, post details here to see if others can advise.

Laptops don’t always get updated drivers for new operating systems, check the manufacturers web site for Win 10 drivers, then ideally backup your existing system and install a fresh copy of Win 10 on your existing hard disk to see if there are problems. Issues to check for include battery/power control, graphics etc.

You can always restore with nothing lost. I swapped back and forth between Win 7 and Win 10 in the early days due to an initial lack of drivers for an external multi RS232 box. The backup software I use is Acronis True Image, but there are free alternatives. Keeping regular backups is something everyone should do...

melbury

EveryWhere wrote: »

Did you read post # 24 or are you just looking at the posts that reinforce what you'd like to believe?

Your PC is fine. You should fit an SSD to it. You don't need a new PC. You don't need to buy a new licence, as you can upgrade to Windows 10 Pro from what you have now.
If you are too afraid to do anything, you won't do anything.

Honestly I did read #24 and do appreciate the advice, but just don't feel confident enough to install Windows 10 and still don't really understand what an SSD actually is :

If I were to buy one of these £5 Windows 10 downloads via Ebay, if it didn't work would I be able to revert back to Windows 7 (and how?)?

Frozen_up_north

melbury wrote: »

Honestly I did read #24 and do appreciate the advice, but just don't feel confident enough to install Windows 10 and still don't really understand what an SSD actually is :

An SSD is a solid state drive, as opposed to one that has a motor driving a spinning disk. They are just like a large “memory” card that is faster than a mechanical drive and not easily damaged by roughly handling the laptop. If you checked Crucial, as I mentioned earlier, they have all the info. Equally a Wikipedia search tells you all you need to know!

If you don’t feel confident installing Windows, there is little we can do. I guess you don’t backup your existing hard drive, so if it failed you would be stuck. With a reliable backup you can play around in the knowledge that you have a means to return your laptop to a working (Win 7) state in a few minutes.

EveryWhere

melbury wrote: »

Honestly I did read #24 and do appreciate the advice, but just don't feel confident enough to install Windows 10 and still don't really understand what an SSD actually is :o

You don't have to feel confident. If you felt confident, you would not need us. You just need to be able to follow step by step direction.

We can go through it as many times as you like until you are ready to get started. You won't be left to your own devices. But you need to be willing to go forward, instead of cogitating or being overly afraid.

Your current Hard Disk Drive can be likened to CD player. It takes time to find the tracks in order to play them. It has moving parts, that move to find the place on the CD where the information is held. Too slow and fragile. They are the weakest link within your PC.

Solid State Drives have no moving parts. They are like your SD card/USB Flash Drive/Memory modules. Much faster in receiving and storing data. No moving parts, so not fragile in use. So everything happens a lot quicker.


In order words, everything within your PC is fast, except the Hard Disk Drive. Your PC is only slow because it is held back by this old technology.
It is relatively easy to swap this old storage method for the new storage method.

It will take you around ten minutes from start to finish. In fact none of these things take much time at all, including the installation of Windows 10.
It's the preparation that takes most of the time.
So we can spend as long as you like on the preparation. Once everything is prepared, the fitting and installation is swift and easy.

The problem is always that if you don't even bother to prepare, you will never progress to the actual fitting.

Once you have made the decision to go ahead, we can begin with the preparation. Confidence has nothing to do with it.
It's like riding a bike. At first it appears impossible, But once you've learned how to do it, you don't even think about how you got to that point. It's just natural.

It's not at all difficult. It's just new. Be willing to learn and we'll make sure you don't fall down.