Windows 10 upgrade from Win 7 Pro 64 bit on a HP ProBook 450 G2 - doable or not?

[Jeff_Cath]

Is it possible? Have been Registered with microsoft for a win 10 upgrade, which i was told was possible when i bought the probbok new in may 2015, for a week and a half. Keep getting the msg from the win 10 upgrade app that they are working with partners to ensure the the product works in win 10, and they will notify me when ready.  Do I need to upgrade 1st to win 8, which i don't want, and don't know would preclude a further update to win 10, or what?

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Visit the site below and enter the 7 character product number of your pc and check if it is compatible with windows 10.

Link: http://www8.hp.com/us/en/ad/windows_10/upgrade.html?jumpid=cp_r163_en/us/pc_cons/win10/update/upgrad...

[PeerOne]

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@Jeff_Cath wrote:

Is it possible? Have been Registered with microsoft for a win 10 upgrade, which i was told was possible when i bought the probbok new in may 2015, for a week and a half. Keep getting the msg from the win 10 upgrade app that they are working with partners to ensure the the product works in win 10, and they will notify me when ready.  Do I need to upgrade 1st to win 8, which i don't want, and don't know would preclude a further update to win 10, or what?

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Did you do a HP driver search for your model? I did and it wasn't that hard to do.

http://h20564.www2.hp.com/hpsc/swd/public/readIndex?sp4ts.oid=6943827&swLangOid=8&swEnvOid=4192

A little search on HP driver or google will tell if it has Win10 HP driver support.

[Jeff_Cath]

Thanks for the reply.

Followed the link, entered my product number L4A10UT#ABA, and received the message:

HP has not tested your PC model for upgrade to Windows 10.

If your Windows 7 or 8 PC was manufactured before August 2013 or is running Windows XP or Windows Vista, HP cannot confirm it can be upgraded to Windows 10.

How do I determine the manufacture date? 

Notebook was bought new at a MicroCenter in May, 2015.

Had been at linked page prior, but selected other option (let HP find product number) and was confused by the return message.

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Although your PC model supports windows 10 the product number seems to not support it as per the link.

If you have a backup of your current operating system (windows 7)

You can do a clean installation of windows 10. Follow the tutorial link below.

Link: http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1950-windows-10-clean-install.html

Please note, you need a windows 8.1 or 7 product key to activate the windows 10 Build 10586.

To get the windows7/8.1 key, you may need to log a ticket with hp tech support.

Chances are that they may give you a windows 8.1 key. Which is fine as long as you don't share it with someone.

Windows 10 can still be used without activation if you intend to use it for home or testing.

In my opinion, you must update your windows 7 os and wait for windows 10 to become available.

[Jeff_Cath]

Understand that the drivers are available for my HP product in Win 10, problem is getting the Win 10 software from MS.  Their upgrade site gives the message that my product has not been tested and they will notify when it has.  I was able to succesfully upgrade an ASUS tablet from win 8.1 to win 10 within the last week.  The HP site referenced in the other reply returns the msg:

HP has not tested your PC model for upgrade to Windows 10.

If your Windows 7 or 8 PC was manufactured before August 2013 or is running Windows XP or Windows Vista, HP cannot confirm it can be upgraded to Windows 10.

How can I determine the manufacture date?

And/or, does HP have any plans to test those models manufactured prior to August 2013?

Thanks for your reply.

And as an aside, I have been messing with PCs since the Compaq dual floppies, when the OS fit on a 360K single sided floppy disk.  Old-timers has not set in yet.

[PeerOne]

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@Jeff_Cath wrote:

Understand that the drivers are available for my HP product in Win 10, problem is getting the Win 10 software from MS.  Their upgrade site gives the message that my product has not been tested and they will notify when it has.  I was able to succesfully upgrade an ASUS tablet from win 8.1 to win 10 within the last week.  The HP site referenced in the other reply returns the msg:

HP has not tested your PC model for upgrade to Windows 10.

If your Windows 7 or 8 PC was manufactured before August 2013 or is running Windows XP or Windows Vista, HP cannot confirm it can be upgraded to Windows 10.

How can I determine the manufacture date?

And/or, does HP have any plans to test those models manufactured prior to August 2013?

Thanks for your reply.

And as an aside, I have been messing with PCs since the Compaq dual floppies, when the OS fit on a 360K single sided floppy disk.  Old-timers has not set in yet.

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Asus and their support isn't revelant to HP product and making comparison doesn't help.  The only real way for you to know is to use your Product Number at HP driver support and look at supported O/S driver and if yours has Win10 Driver then you will know if you can use Win10 or not. MS wants you to use and buy their latest Win10 but they gurantee no support or help should it not work. If you really want a Win10 laptop go and buy a new Win10 laptop.

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You can try this Jeff

Clean Install Windows 10 Directly without having to Upgrade First

Link: http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/23354-clean-install-windows-10-directly-without-having-upgrade-fi...

This will keep your windows Activated and also upgrade without issues.

Probook 450 G2 was launched after 2013, not before.