shock horror laptop almost failed

EveryWhere

^^

It was delivered with Vista pre-installed.

poppellerant

EveryWhere wrote: »

^^

It was delivered with Vista pre-installed.

I thought that most laptops carried the sticker containing the key and supporting product from Microsoft? I could be wrong, but I've seen them since the days of XP.

barnaclebill

Looking in "system" I have Windows 7 home premium. And the Key number is there also

Checking the internet a couple of places say one way to check if 32 or 64 is with the program files folders if just one it is 32 bit if two folders the program file will be 64 and the X86 is the 32 therefore it is a 64 bit windows.
I have two folders but the "program file" is empty, all my programs are in the X86 folder.
I suppose it does not matter now as I am installing Win 10 64 bit on the SSD when received.
Looking on the internet I was surprised there was no easy way to tell, thanks for all the help up to now

GDB2222

barnaclebill wrote: »

Looking in "system" I have Windows 7 home premium. And the Key number is there also

Checking the internet a couple of places say one way to check if 32 or 64 is with the program files folders if just one it is 32 bit if two folders the program file will be 64 and the X86 is the 32 therefore it is a 64 bit windows.
I have two folders but the "program file" is empty, all my programs are in the X86 folder.
I suppose it does not matter now as I am installing Win 10 64 bit on the SSD when received.
Looking on the internet I was surprised there was no easy way to tell, thanks for all the help up to now

This works for me:

Right click on the This PC icon, and select properties.

I'm on W10, but I'm 99% sure it's similar in W7.

EveryWhere

barnaclebill wrote: »

Looking in "system" I have Windows 7 home premium. And the Key number is there also

Checking the internet a couple of places say one way to check if 32 or 64 is with the program files folders if just one it is 32 bit if two folders the program file will be 64 and the X86 is the 32 therefore it is a 64 bit windows.
I have two folders but the "program file" is empty, all my programs are in the X86 folder.
I suppose it does not matter now as I am installing Win 10 64 bit on the SSD when received.
Looking on the internet I was surprised there was no easy way to tell, thanks for all the help up to now

So you'll need to install Windows 10 Home 64 bit.

You almost certainly had Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit installed.

barnaclebill

A question about backups, just wondering what will be available from my backups made on win 7 32 bit, eg will anything from Firefox such as my passwords be available.
With a clean win 10 I will need a browser to start, believe it comes with edge so I would need to use that to get firefox for 64 bit

EveryWhere

barnaclebill wrote: »

A question about backups, just wondering what will be available from my backups made on win 7 32 bit, eg will anything from Firefox such as my passwords be available.
With a clean win 10 I will need a browser to start, believe it comes with edge so I would need to use that to get firefox for 64 bit

Export your Browser Favourites/Bookmarks/Profile before swapping drives; https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/back-and-restore-information-firefox-profiles

You can use Google Search to find out how to do the same with other Browsers.
Once you have completed your new install, you can then Import the Profile to the Browser.

Carrot007

EveryWhere wrote: »

Export your Browser Favourites/Bookmarks/Profile before swapping drives; https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/back-and-restore-information-firefox-profiles

Better still use firefox sync and have it keep all your password setc in the cloud.


Same with chrome.


No other browsers worth using! (and I only use chrome for when sites get upset with all the addones I use on firefox, for example a credit card application went around in circles.


Why make life hard for yourself. Paranoia, well such things are safe enough and and fraud would be eventually refunded. Not seen any though. And if your were that bothered only save your unimportant sites, you know the 99% where they really don't matter.

EveryWhere

Carrot007 wrote: »

Better still use firefox sync and have it keep all your password setc in the cloud.


Same with chrome.


No other browsers worth using! (and I only use chrome for when sites get upset with all the addones I use on firefox, for example a credit card application went around in circles.


Why make life hard for yourself. Paranoia, well such things are safe enough and and fraud would be eventually refunded. Not seen any though. And if your were that bothered only save your unimportant sites, you know the 99% where they really don't matter.

Almost needless to state that I don't agree....

Important: Sync is not a data backup service. Users should continue to perform regular backups of their Firefox profiles to prevent loss of data.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-do-i-set-sync-my-computer

That from Mozilla themselves.

poppellerant

Regarding the discussion on how best to export and maintain the data kept in Firefox, I just copy the Mozilla folder from %appdata% - never failed me once.

In the Start Menu type in %appdata% and press Enter, which opens the folder in File Explorer. From here copy the Mozilla folder wherever you want, such as a USB stick or another drive.

Job done. No third party tools or clouds needed.