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I have Windows 7 and am told I am eligible for the free WIndows 10
upgrade. My question: WIll this be a clean install and wipe everything
else off? Firefox/Thunderbird, Office, and all my little weather diddies?

Thanks
--
Keith (Southend)
"Weather Home & Abroad"
http://www.southendweather.net
Twitter:@LawnscienceEssx

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On Saturday, 15 August 2015 14:46:25 UTC+1, Keith (Southend)G wrote:
I have Windows 7 and am told I am eligible for the free WIndows 10
upgrade. My question: WIll this be a clean install and wipe everything
else off? Firefox/Thunderbird, Office, and all my little weather diddies?

Thanks
--
Keith (Southend)
"Weather Home & Abroad"
http://www.southendweather.net
Twitter:@LawnscienceEssx

Hi Keith.
No it doesn't do a clean wipe. I've 2 laptops, a Windows 7 and 8.1, and I used the Windows 7 for the upgrade to Windows 10. So far no issues other than familiarity. Old apps still there; bookmarks, etc. I'll wait a while before upgrading the newer laptop - let the kinks of Windows 10, whatever they are, be ironed out first....
Joe

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wrote in message
...
On Saturday, 15 August 2015 14:46:25 UTC+1, Keith (Southend)G wrote:
I have Windows 7 and am told I am eligible for the free WIndows 10
upgrade. My question: WIll this be a clean install and wipe everything
else off? Firefox/Thunderbird, Office, and all my little weather diddies?

Thanks
--
Keith (Southend)
"Weather Home & Abroad"
http://www.southendweather.net
Twitter:@LawnscienceEssx

Hi Keith.
No it doesn't do a clean wipe. I've 2 laptops, a Windows 7 and 8.1, and I
used the Windows 7 for the upgrade to Windows 10. So far no issues other
than familiarity. Old apps still there; bookmarks, etc. I'll wait a while
before upgrading the newer laptop - let the kinks of Windows 10, whatever
they are, be ironed out first....
Joe
=================

Windows 10 installed fine for me, upgrade from 8.1 . Go for it, it looks a
nice OS.

Will
--
http://www.lyneside.demon.co.uk/Hayt...antage_Pro.htm
Will Hand (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)
---------------------------------------------

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On 15/08/2015 15:12, Eskimo Will wrote:

wrote in message
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On Saturday, 15 August 2015 14:46:25 UTC+1, Keith (Southend)G wrote:
I have Windows 7 and am told I am eligible for the free WIndows 10
upgrade. My question: WIll this be a clean install and wipe everything
else off? Firefox/Thunderbird, Office, and all my little weather diddies?

Thanks
--
Keith (Southend)
"Weather Home & Abroad"
http://www.southendweather.net
Twitter:@LawnscienceEssx

Hi Keith.
No it doesn't do a clean wipe. I've 2 laptops, a Windows 7 and 8.1, and
I used the Windows 7 for the upgrade to Windows 10. So far no issues
other than familiarity. Old apps still there; bookmarks, etc. I'll wait
a while before upgrading the newer laptop - let the kinks of Windows 10,
whatever they are, be ironed out first....
Joe
=================

Windows 10 installed fine for me, upgrade from 8.1 . Go for it, it looks
a nice OS.

Will

Thanks for the heads up...

--
Keith (Southend)
"Weather Home & Abroad"
http://www.southendweather.net
Twitter:@LawnscienceEssx

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On Sat, 15 Aug 2015 15:49:45 +0100
"Keith (Southend)" wrote:

On 15/08/2015 15:12, Eskimo Will wrote:

wrote in message
...
On Saturday, 15 August 2015 14:46:25 UTC+1, Keith (Southend)G
wrote:
I have Windows 7 and am told I am eligible for the free WIndows 10
upgrade. My question: WIll this be a clean install and wipe
everything else off? Firefox/Thunderbird, Office, and all my
little weather diddies?

Thanks
--
Keith (Southend)
"Weather Home & Abroad"
http://www.southendweather.net
Twitter:@LawnscienceEssx

Hi Keith.
No it doesn't do a clean wipe. I've 2 laptops, a Windows 7 and
8.1, and I used the Windows 7 for the upgrade to Windows 10. So
far no issues other than familiarity. Old apps still there;
bookmarks, etc. I'll wait a while before upgrading the newer laptop
- let the kinks of Windows 10, whatever they are, be ironed out
first.... Joe
=================

Windows 10 installed fine for me, upgrade from 8.1 . Go for it, it
looks a nice OS.

Will

Thanks for the heads up...


Back up first though, of course. Then keep your fingers crossed.

Been some reports of upgrade going tits up:
http://www.siliconbeat.com/2015/08/0...-pcs-unusable/

Also this little problem was reported a few days ago:
http://www.theguardian.com/technolog...ss-reboot-loop

--
Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks. [Retd meteorologist/programmer]
http://www.scarlet-jade.com/
I wear the cheese. It does not wear me.
Posted with Claws: http://www.claws-mail.org/

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On 15/08/2015 16:09, Graham P Davis wrote:
On Sat, 15 Aug 2015 15:49:45 +0100
"Keith (Southend)" wrote:

On 15/08/2015 15:12, Eskimo Will wrote:

wrote in message
...
On Saturday, 15 August 2015 14:46:25 UTC+1, Keith (Southend)G
wrote:
I have Windows 7 and am told I am eligible for the free WIndows 10
upgrade. My question: WIll this be a clean install and wipe
everything else off? Firefox/Thunderbird, Office, and all my
little weather diddies?

Thanks
--
Keith (Southend)
"Weather Home & Abroad"
http://www.southendweather.net
Twitter:@LawnscienceEssx

Hi Keith.
No it doesn't do a clean wipe. I've 2 laptops, a Windows 7 and
8.1, and I used the Windows 7 for the upgrade to Windows 10. So
far no issues other than familiarity. Old apps still there;
bookmarks, etc. I'll wait a while before upgrading the newer laptop
- let the kinks of Windows 10, whatever they are, be ironed out
first.... Joe
=================

Windows 10 installed fine for me, upgrade from 8.1 . Go for it, it
looks a nice OS.

Will

Thanks for the heads up...


Back up first though, of course. Then keep your fingers crossed.

Been some reports of upgrade going tits up:
http://www.siliconbeat.com/2015/08/0...-pcs-unusable/

Also this little problem was reported a few days ago:
http://www.theguardian.com/technolog...ss-reboot-loop

Mm, best back up then choose a day when I have all the time in the
world and a bottle of JD ;-)

--
Keith (Southend)
"Weather Home & Abroad"
http://www.southendweather.net
Twitter:@LawnscienceEssx

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"Keith (Southend)" wrote in message
...
On 15/08/2015 16:09, Graham P Davis wrote:
On Sat, 15 Aug 2015 15:49:45 +0100
"Keith (Southend)" wrote:

On 15/08/2015 15:12, Eskimo Will wrote:

wrote in message
...
On Saturday, 15 August 2015 14:46:25 UTC+1, Keith (Southend)G
wrote:
I have Windows 7 and am told I am eligible for the free WIndows 10
upgrade. My question: WIll this be a clean install and wipe
everything else off? Firefox/Thunderbird, Office, and all my
little weather diddies?

Thanks
--
Keith (Southend)
"Weather Home & Abroad"
http://www.southendweather.net
Twitter:@LawnscienceEssx

Hi Keith.
No it doesn't do a clean wipe. I've 2 laptops, a Windows 7 and
8.1, and I used the Windows 7 for the upgrade to Windows 10. So
far no issues other than familiarity. Old apps still there;
bookmarks, etc. I'll wait a while before upgrading the newer laptop
- let the kinks of Windows 10, whatever they are, be ironed out
first.... Joe
=================

Windows 10 installed fine for me, upgrade from 8.1 . Go for it, it
looks a nice OS.

Will

Thanks for the heads up...


Back up first though, of course. Then keep your fingers crossed.

Been some reports of upgrade going tits up:
http://www.siliconbeat.com/2015/08/0...-pcs-unusable/

Also this little problem was reported a few days ago:
http://www.theguardian.com/technolog...ss-reboot-loop

Mm, best back up then choose a day when I have all the time in the world
and a bottle of JD ;-)


My only problem after the install (and restart) was that Outlook mail would
not send. The solution is to open up Command prompt (admin) and then issue "
sfc /scannow " command. That does a system file scan and repairs and puts
files back in the right place. Worked fine after that. This is common to
other systems too where a file system check is a good thing to do anyway.

Good luck, but I think you'll be fine!

Will
--
http://www.lyneside.demon.co.uk/Hayt...antage_Pro.htm
Will Hand (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)
---------------------------------------------

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On 15/08/2015 14:46, Keith (Southend) wrote:
I have Windows 7 and am told I am eligible for the free WIndows 10
upgrade. My question: WIll this be a clean install and wipe everything
else off? Firefox/Thunderbird, Office, and all my little weather diddies?

Thanks
The thing to remember is to ensure that your PC is up to date with all
its patches and that it doesn't have any issues. Many problems have been
caused because the user hoped that upgrading will fix them. Will's
advice about sfc/scannow - do it first.

There is a possibility that the upgrade will fail. However, there is an
alternative - see
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/w...n-tool-install if
needed. And backup first!

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On 15/08/2015 14:46, Keith (Southend) wrote:
I have Windows 7 and am told I am eligible for the free WIndows 10
upgrade. My question: WIll this be a clean install and wipe everything
else off? Firefox/Thunderbird, Office, and all my little weather diddies?

I upgraded my main PC (Windows 8.1) and my creaky old laptop (Windows 7)
to Windows 10.

Both went absolutely fine with no problems except the graphics driver
was out of date (which caused a slight issue but was soon fixed). So I
suggest making sure your main drivers are up to date before you go ahead
with the update.

And my old laptop (IBM Lenovo T90 with 2GB RAM) now runs quicker than it
did under Windows 7, especially after I disabled/deleted all those
'live' tiles in the Start menu.

The hard drive was badly fragmented afterwards so once all was well I
deleted the old version of Windows and then did several defrags. That
speeded things up a bit on the laptop.

All my personal settings, themes, email, Firefox etc etc were all kept
though I must admit that I now prefer Microsoft Edge than Firefox on my
laptop as it seems to use far less resources and is quicker and more
reliable.

--
Nick Gardner
Otter Valley, Devon
20 m amsl
http://www.ottervalley.co.uk

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On Sat, 15 Aug 2015 16:52:05 +0100, "Keith (Southend)"
wrote:

Mm, best back up then choose a day when I have all the time in the
world and a bottle of JD ;-)

I found, that despite my best efforts, Windows 10 downloaded and
installed itself and I couldn't stop it without it constantly reminding
me to do it! However, if you don't want to keep it there's an option to
return to your previous OS within thirty days. There were few problems
with already installed software.

If you don't want to download it, this is a good link:-

http://www.ghacks.net/2015/04/17/how...ndows-7-and-8/

--
Alan White
Mozilla Firefox and Forte Agent.
By Loch Long, twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, Scotland.
Webcam and weather:- http://windycroft.co.uk/weather