Fresh installation of Windows 7/update to win 10


  1. Thorn1
    Posts : 2
    Windows 7 home premium 64 bit
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    Fresh installation of Windows 7/update to win 10


    Hello,

    I used to complete a fresh installation of my OS (win 7) every couple of years to speed up the boot and remove old files ect. I have been reluctant to do this for many years now due to win 7 support stopped. My main concern is not locating the now old updates to my current state. This there some where all win 7 updates/security patches are located that can be either downloaded or installed direct from. I still use win 7 due to some games/software will not work on win 10.

    I am looking at having a dual boot. Installing a fresh win 7 on another drive (with the latest updates asked above) then upgrading to win 10 with current win 7 installation (or fresh installation) on current drive.

    Should this have been already asked please advise me of the post it relates to.

    Thanks in advanced for any info supplied.

    My poor 15 year old system Specs:
    800Gb hard drive ((partitioned c:/ current win 7 OS with games/download partitions drive) Intended to be the upgraded win 10 OS)
    300Gb SSD (location of intended new win 7 location)
    ASUS GTX1080 Strix
    16Gb ram @1600Mhz (mother board restricted)
    1st Gen i7 950 2.8Ghz O/C'd 4.01Ghz
    Asus Rampage Extreme 3 M/Board
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  3. SIW2
    Posts : 16,155
    7 X64
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    win 7 on another drive
    the word "drive" can mean several things. One possibility is to migrate ( sometimes called "clone" ) the current win7 onto it and then upgrade the win7 on the hd to win10.

    For anybody that wants to do that:
    Free version of diskgenius has an excellent os migration feature
    DiskGenius: Data Recovery, Partition Manager, Backup & Disk Utilities

    For anybody that would rather have a fresh win7 on the ssd, then you could use dism++ or simplix to do the updates.
    First you could backup activation and drivers from your current installation using dism++
    SEE HERE
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  4. Megahertz07
    Posts : 7,351
    Windows 7 HP 64
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    To have Win 10 on a separate drive you can:
    - Clone the current Win 7 installation, detach any other drives and then upgrade - Upgrade to Windows 10 from Windows 7 for Free | Tutorials
    - Use Win 7 key to do a Win 10 clean install Remember to detach any other drives - Clean Install Windows 10 | Tutorials

    You can do a Win 7 Clean install and then update it with Single file with all updates - Simplix
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