Formatting HP Pavilion G7-2276SA

[ravibhat]

I had bought the HP Pavilion G7-2276SA in Dec 2012. It had Windows 8 installed in it and I had upgraded to Windows 10 when there was a free urgrade available. I want to format my laptop now and I suspect the laptop will go back to factory settings oince formatted which means it'll revert back to Windows 8. I strongly prefer Windows 10; will I still be able to upgrade to Windows 10 after formatting the laptop?

Also could someone also list and explain the steps in formatting the laptop

Kind Regards

Ravi

[DavidPK · Accepted solution]

Hi,

You can just perform a clean installation of 10 - as the machine has been previously upgraded to 10, a hardware profile ( Digital Entitlement ) will have been recorded by the activation servers.

As long as the previous installation of Windows 10 had activated Ok after the upgrade from 8.1, you can just create your own installation media and perform a clean installation as detailed in the guide on the following link.  Note: At the activation screen, select 'I don't have a Product key' - Windows will activate automatically once the installation has completed.

http://www.howtogeek.com/224342/how-to-clean-install-windows-10/

Regards,

DP-K

[ravibhat]

Thanks

[DavidPK]

You're welcome

All the best,

DP-K