windows 7 free upgrade to windows 10

[ALEXPREDATOR]

if you upgrade to windows 10 for free from windows 7, is it the same thing as buying windows 10?

 

[rgd1101]

no. One you paid with money, the other one is free.

 

[ALEXPREDATOR]

i know, but when it comes to installing drivers on the free windows 10 version is there any difference on which OS i should pick. Windows 7 or Windows 10?

 

[USAFRet]

if you upgrade to windows 10 for free from windows 7, is it the same thing as buying windows 10?

What do you mean by "the same thing"?

If you have Windows 7, and buy Windows 10, you have 2 licenses, which could be used on 2 PC's.
If you have Windows 7, and Upgrade to Windows 10, you have 1 license for 1 PC.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Yes it's the same version of windows 10 that can be installed if you buy it , but you are upgrading for FREE.

 

[ALEXPREDATOR]

so when you upgrade from windows to 10 for free does windows 7 get deleted? or it stays in your hdd?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Yes after a month your only license is your windows 10 hardware profile.

 

[USAFRet]

so when you upgrade from windows to 10 for free does windows 7 get deleted? or it stays in your hdd?

It ends up (mostly) in a folder called windows.old. You can't use it as it was. You can roll back to Win 7 if you desire, but only for 30 days. After 30 days, this goes away.

 

[ALEXPREDATOR]

as for the 64bit, 32bit. does it give me an option to pick when upgrading to windows 10 for free?

 

[madmatt30]

Its backed up if you ugrade inline from win 7.
You have 30 days to revert back to win 7 If you dont like it.
You can delete the win7 backup using disk cleanup any time you see fit.

After 30 days your windows 7 registration & windows install disk become invalid as the license is for a single install only .

You will get the same win 10 upgrade version as your existing win 7 install .

If your win 7 is 32 bit you will get win 10 32 bit.

Once installed & activated though you can create a boot disk using the media creation tool & do a completely fresh install of the 64 bit version

 

[USAFRet]

as for the 64bit, 32bit. does it give me an option to pick when upgrading to windows 10 for free?

Not directly, no. You cannot Upgrade a 32bit install to a 64bit install, free or not. On any Windows OS.
That would be a full wipe and reinstall.

What do you have now, and where did it come from?

 

[ALEXPREDATOR]

i have windows 7 64bit. i purchased it about a year ago

 

[USAFRet]

i have windows 7 64bit. i purchased it about a year ago

Then it will remain 64bit.

 

[madmatt30]

Then you're all good

 

[ALEXPREDATOR]

ok, thank you

 

[ALEXPREDATOR]

just curious. whats the difference between the bit versions?

 

[madmatt30]

you want to be on 64 bit - simply because theres no reason not to be on fairly modern cpu's
They've onyl released a 32 bit version for compatibility on much much older cpu's (think pre 2011) that dont have a 64 bit instruction set.