Welcome! If you are one of those users who still have an old Windows on their computer and you already realized that it is time to renew it, then you have reached the right post. Then we will take the trouble to explain in great detail everything you must do to be able to update Windows 7 to Windows 10 without formatting or losing files.
Without a doubt, Windows 10 greatly improves the operation of our PC compared to the previous versions of this operating system that exist. Even today it continues to improve in various aspects such as security and privacy.
For those users who are distrustful, we recommend backing up documents and programs to avoid possible inconveniences at the end of the update.
Steps to upgrade Windows 7 to Windows 10
In this section, we will explain in detail what are the steps to follow so that you can update Windows 7 to Windows 10 without losing your files.
- You must first enter the Microsoft portal to download the file that contains the Windows 10 software.
- Once you have clicked on the “Download now” option, you will only have to wait a few seconds for a file called Media CreationTool.exe to begin downloading.
- At the end of the download, you have to execute the file on your computer by right-clicking on the file and then selecting the option “execute with administrator permissions”. In this way, the app will adjust security controls to reduce the chances that the software update process will go wrong.
- From this point, the download of Windows 10 will begin, which should not take more than 10 minutes.
- At the end of the download, a Windows wizard will appear to guide you through the entire preparation process to install the new software.
- Now we will have to accept the license terms, for click on the “Accept” option.
- Then the installation program will ask us if we want to update the software immediately from the application or if we prefer to download the ISO image to a DVD or USB memory. In this case, we recommend that you choose the first option, as the software will install automatically.
- Later we will have to accept the terms and conditions of the new software and it also gives us the option to choose what type of files (programs, photos, videos) we want to keep.
- When the installation is finished, your computer will have a valid Windows 10 license. It should be noted that our computer will restart several times during the process.
After upgrading to Windows 10
Once we have finished the process to upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 10 we still have certain steps that we must take. In this way, we can ensure that our new software works optimally.
One of the first things we must do is make sure that we are connected to the internet so that Windows Update installs some updates (drives, complimentary programs or extra components).
However, there is also the option to search for updates on our own. This method is a bit more complicated but it does not give us the opportunity to select which updates we need to install and which we do not.
On the other hand, we have to check which programs have been installed with the software update. Since in some situations, programs that we had installed with the previous software can be lost.
In case a program has been lost, we will have to search for them online to install them again manually. However, you should not worry about the loss of your files, since Microsoft has made sure that these are not deleted during the software update, which works 90% of the time.
One thing to keep in mind is that even after completing the update, your version of Windows may not be active. In this case, we recommend that you visit this other article where we will show you how to activate Windows 10 permanently without free programs.
It is even worth checking that all our documents are in their respective folders. Also, in case you don’t like how the new interface looks after the update, then you can change the appearance from Windows 10 to Windows 7.