Check your PC exceeds the minimum requirements on Microsoft's website. You’ll need to be on Windows 7 Service Pack 1 – if your PC is up to date, this should already be the case. At the bottom, it will say if the licence is activated. Check this using Control Panel from the Start Menu, clicking on System and Security, and then System. What to do firstįor the best chance of getting a free upgrade, your current version of Windows 7 must be legal and activated with Microsoft. Not everyone is going to be able to upgrade for free, but here's how to check and proceed. In a recent survey of 1,013 Which? members, we found that 13% were still using Windows 7 on their main computer, while some 30% of people around the world were still using Windows 7. So long as you keep your computer up-to-date, your Windows 10 will always be supported. Microsoft is aiming to move all Windows users on to Windows 10, which is the 'final version': there won't be a Windows 11 instead Microsoft will put out feature updates twice a year as well as regular security updates. If you're still using Windows 7, it's time to upgrade: after a decade of support, Microsoft is ending support for Windows 7. Follow our step-by-step guide to installing Windows 10 on your Windows 7 PC However, it might be possible for you to upgrade your computer for free.
Find one? Install it and run Microsoft’s upgrade tool again.A new licence for Windows 10 costs £119.99 bought direct from the Microsoft website.
Consider checking if there’s a BIOS or firmware update available for your system if you run into an issue, though. Troubleshooting those errors gets hairy and far beyond the scope of this article. If so, you’ll be dumped back into Windows 7 after a reboot. Sometimes, Microsoft will prevent the upgrade from occurring because of compatibility errors with your hardware or software. Most people should stick with using the much simpler Upgrade this PC now option, though. How To Geek’s article walks you through the process step-by-step. If you want to take a more complicated route, you can also use the “Create installation media” option to clean install Windows 10, inputting the Windows 7 product key you dredged up earlier when you’re asked for your Windows 10 license. After several reboots (and potentially a long wait), you’ll be on Windows 10, which is still being supported for years to come.
Click Install and wait for the tool to work its magic. Run it, select the Upgrade this PC now option when prompted- not “Create installation media”-and choose to keep your apps and files. The Media Creation Tool will download to your computer.
Next, head to Microsoft’s Windows Media Creation Tool page and click the Upgrade Now button.
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