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Currently I have a laptop running Windows 7 on a HDD but I want to upgrade to Windows 10 on an SSD.
Does anyone know if it is better to upgrade to 10 first and then migrate to SSD or to do the migration before the upgrade?
Thanks in advance.
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Currently I have a laptop running Windows 7 on a HDD but I want to upgrade to Windows 10 on an SSD.
Does anyone know if it is better to upgrade to 10 first and then migrate to SSD or to do the migration before the upgrade?
Thanks in advance.
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Does anyone know if it is better to upgrade to 10 first and then migrate to SSD or to do the migration before the upgrade?
Both ways have their advantage.
Directly installing win10 on the SSD means:
First upgrading win7 to win 10 means:
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There are some disadvantages in doing the 7->10-Upgrade from the SSD, but they are negligible:
Those are the only things I can think of. Anyway, I did it the same way: old HDD with Win7, upgrade to 10, replace HDD by SSD, then fresh install of Win10 (activates automatic).
Why the downvote? – TJJ – 2016-03-02T15:02:11.947
Not my downvote, but I suspect it is due to the no longer true warning about writing data to a SSD. This has not been a problem for ages. – Hennes – 2016-03-02T15:17:34.227
Well, while it IS a problem of flash media, it has become so small that even the over-average user will not be suffering from a decline. That's what I pointed out. – TJJ – 2016-03-03T12:05:43.807
True. Is can be a problem. But not for an average user and not for most power users. And the last drive I looked at supported full drive size writes per day for years. You can exceed it, but that takes some rare circumstances. – Hennes – 2016-03-03T12:21:28.777
Or the downvote here either! – Rich M – 2016-03-04T15:53:27.427
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I would suggest migrating then updating as I have personal experience of issues with W10 and W7 licenses.
Once you upgrade to W10 you will lose your W7 license so write it down before you upgrade. The license gets turned into a W10 license which cannot be reversed.
Also doing it this way you will know if it's the SSD or the upgrade that caused any issues you may then find you have with your system.
The W7 licence in an OEM one. – Rich M – 2016-03-02T12:51:58.070
would also love to know the reason behind my -1.....? – David Golding – 2016-03-04T13:21:19.870
I didn't do this! – Rich M – 2016-03-04T15:53:13.067
Not sure if it works this way if he has only OEM license. Does Win10 recognize the OEM license on a fresh install? – TJJ – 2016-03-02T15:03:02.820
Good question. What I have done myself is: 1) Good backup of win7 2) Upgrade to 10. 3) replaced disk with a shiny new PCIe SSD and did a clean install on that. No key was entered but the same-ish hardware was recognised and auto activated. – Hennes – 2016-03-03T12:17:23.233
Yes. This should work. However, without upgrading from Win7 first, I don't know if Win10 would detect the BIOS-embedded licensing-information for the free upgrade. – TJJ – 2016-03-03T15:54:28.983