windows 10 should i upgrade to it...??

Forums › Microsoft Windows › windows 10 should i upgrade to it...??

foxy38

357 posts

Ultimate Geek

#198274 2-Jul-2016 19:53

still running 8.1 ...new pop up saying last month to get win 10 for free...is this actually true or do they just want me to update...lol...My question is should I upgrade...or stick with what I have and no..have read a lot of pluses and minuses.. any advice..?

foxy

1 | 2 | 3

357 posts

Ultimate Geek

#1584811 2-Jul-2016 19:58

just an edit to this post...just clicked on the upgrade window,..it says my pc not compatible/// its a 2015 Toshiba..Satellite.. says Bluetooth not supported or something..so may not upgrade any way?

foxy

MikeB4

18435 posts

Uber Geek

ID Verified

Trusted

#1584813 2-Jul-2016 20:02

Are the hardware drivers up to date and UEFI/Bios flashed to the latest version?

HaggisKiwi

94 posts

Master Geek

#1584815 2-Jul-2016 20:05

That's odd. I had no problem upgrading my 2013 Acer laptop from Win7.

If you've got all the installers for all your apps, I'd recommend going with the option that trashes all apps but keep your data. I found that cleaned off all the Acer bloatware, installed default Win10 drivers & I could clean install current versions of what I really needed.

If you're still getting errors, the community here will likely find a solution.

Jase2985

13466 posts

Uber Geek

ID Verified

Lifetime subscriber

#1584830 2-Jul-2016 20:14

I had zero issues upgrading my 2008 Asus :) or my 2015 MSI.

gonna take the plunge with the desktop in the next month

foxy38

357 posts

Ultimate Geek

#1584833 2-Jul-2016 20:20

just checked for new drivers on Bluetooth devices..says both up to date...

foxy

gzt

17160 posts

Uber Geek

Lifetime subscriber

#1584840 2-Jul-2016 20:27

foxy38: just an edit to this post...just clicked on the upgrade window,..it says my pc not compatible/// its a 2015 Toshiba..Satellite.. says Bluetooth not supported or something..so may not upgrade any way?

Toshiba have an official list of machines that they will support for windows 10 upgrade. If it is not on that list it would pay to find out why. What is your model identifier?

foxy38

357 posts

Ultimate Geek

#1584841 2-Jul-2016 20:27

https://cdn.geekzone.co.nz/imagessubs/thumbf825d1dca39dfd67fc8ae3d4436f5766.jpg

foxy

Sharesies

Trade NZ and US shares and funds with Sharesies (affiliate link).

foxy38

357 posts

Ultimate Geek

#1584843 2-Jul-2016 20:28

tried to upload an image to show but no success..not sure how to do it..have added it to my account

foxy

foxy38

357 posts

Ultimate Geek

#1584844 2-Jul-2016 20:29

it always said it was upgradable..even on Toshibas website...it says the blutooth is not compatible...which is the reason why still a little lost.. Sattelite p-50 c is the laptop

foxy

gzt

17160 posts

Uber Geek

Lifetime subscriber

#1584845 2-Jul-2016 20:29

foxy38: just an edit to this post...just clicked on the upgrade window,..it says my pc not compatible/// its a 2015 Toshiba..Satellite.. says Bluetooth not supported or something..so may not upgrade any way?

Toshiba have an official list of machines that they will support for windows 10 upgrade. If it is not on that list it would pay to find out why. What is your model identifier?

Edit: ^that is the USA site list might be different for NZ

foxy38

357 posts

Ultimate Geek

#1584849 2-Jul-2016 20:47

foxy

blakamin

4431 posts

Uber Geek
Inactive user

#1584850 2-Jul-2016 20:54

I'm running 10 on a Toshiba Tecra A7 (centrino duo) circa 2006... I did a fresh install from a windows insider ISO. Used the product key off my old win 7 laptop that I bought a win 8 key for.

Sideface

9365 posts

Uber Geek

Trusted

Lifetime subscriber

#1584852 2-Jul-2016 20:57

foxy38: img]https://cdn.geekzone.co.nz/imagessubs/blogf825d1dca39dfd67fc8ae3d4436f5766.jpg[/img]

@foxy38 If you add the missing square bracket in front of "img" you get this:

Sideface

foxy38

357 posts

Ultimate Geek

#1584853 2-Jul-2016 21:01

foxy

timmmay

20591 posts

Uber Geek

Trusted

Lifetime subscriber

#1584863 2-Jul-2016 21:14

Any Windows computer that can run W10 should run W10, unless you have an explicit essential incompatibility say with software that you can't do without.

1 | 2 | 3