How can I update to Windows 10?
My laptop came with Vista, but the day I bought it, I blew that away and installed XP-pro. When it crashed a while back, the guy who repaired it updated it to Windows 7 because XP support was going a...
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Two possibilities.
1. At some point in time laptops started including an extra security key which only allows the original installation to be seen as valid. Even reinstalling Vista from a different disk than the original would not be seen as valid. So your Windows 7 install would also not be seen as valid and would not get the free upgrade.
2. It is possible that there is some hardware requirement that did not meet the Windows 10 requirements.
David
1. At some point in time laptops started including an extra security key which only allows the original installation to be seen as valid. Even reinstalling Vista from a different disk than the original would not be seen as valid. So your Windows 7 install would also not be seen as valid and would not get the free upgrade.
2. It is possible that there is some hardware requirement that did not meet the Windows 10 requirements.
David
