Easy way to force Windows 10 upgrade?

Dark Light · 16 Dec 2015 at 15:04

I have an old laptop with Windows 7 on, when I try and upgrade to Windows 10 it says that the bios is not supported. Is there a quite way to force the update?

Orcvader · 16 Dec 2015 at 15:13

Tried using the media tool?: https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10

If you can't upgrade from that, then create a bootable USB/disk with the ISO from the media tool and boot from that, you can use the Windows 7 key to activate it.

Mujja · 16 Dec 2015 at 15:18

Dark Light said:
I have an old laptop with Windows 7 on, when I try and upgrade to Windows 10 it says that the bios is not supported. Is there a quite way to force the update?

Is it the BIOS or CPU?

Mujja · 16 Dec 2015 at 15:20

Orcvader said:
Tried using the media tool?: https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10

If you can't upgrade from that, then create a bootable USB/disk with the ISO from the media tool and boot from that, you can use the Windows 7 key to activate it.

It'll probably run through the same prerequisite checks.

If you are handy with WinPE you could extract the WIM to the HDD. Setup should continue after a reboot and skip all the checks.

Dark Light · 17 Dec 2015 at 08:17

I know there are ways to do it, I just wanted to know if there was an easy way that didn't require any effort. I will try the media tool, if that doesn't work I will just create a bootable USB.

Mujja · 17 Dec 2015 at 09:00

Dark Light said:
I know there are ways to do it, I just wanted to know if there was an easy way that didn't require any effort. I will try the media tool, if that doesn't work I will just create a bootable USB.

The media creation tool will give you a bootable USB, it's the same thing.

Your CPU isn't compatible, whichever method you use Windows Setup will check the the minimum requirements are met.

I can upload a WinPE ISO with ImageX and the Windows 10 WIM with instructions to Google Drive if you want. Let me know.

Dark Light · 17 Dec 2015 at 09:31

Mujja said:
The media creation tool will give you a bootable USB, it's the same thing.

Your CPU isn't compatible, whichever method you use Windows Setup will check the the minimum requirements are met.

I can upload a WinPE ISO with ImageX and the Windows 10 WIM with instructions to Google Drive if you want. Let me know.

It's ok, if it takes that much effort I won't bother. I just wanted a quick way to do it, the system it not mine.

Mel_P · 17 Dec 2015 at 10:01

Win 10 wouldn't install on my old PC (2003 vintage mb / cpu) - Win 7 SP1 was OK but MS have introduced some CPU req. that older CPUs don't have. Seems an insuperable barrier.

Mel

Dark Light · 17 Dec 2015 at 10:06

The CPU is a T7300.

Mel_P · 17 Dec 2015 at 10:27

Mine was a P4 2.8Ghz (bought 2003) - apparently CPUs after about 2004 are OK. Intel site says your is 2007 vintage so perhaps should be OK. On the intel site it has for your processor:

http://ark.intel.com/products/29760/Intel-Core2-Duo-Processor-T7300-4M-Cache-2_00-GHz-800-MHz-FSB

Intel® Platform Protection Technology Trusted Execution Technology

Execute Disable Bit - Yes

This is what the P4 doesn't have but your CPU has - so perhaps it is the BIOS.

Mel