Upgrading Windows 7 machine

[Noname4me]

Anyone here know if it would be possible to upgrade my HPE 510t i5 machine to windows 10 or 11? I have tried to find out what is required and verify that this model would be compliant but still not sure it is. I don't want to buy the upgrade only to find out it's not going to work. The HP support is nonexistent because it's no longer being supported.

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi:

Your PC should meet the minimum specs to upgrade to W10.

You do not need to buy W10.

Yes, you can still get a free Windows 10 upgrade. Here's how | ZDNET

Here's how you can upgrade your PC to W10.

Make the bootable USB installation media with the media creation tool from the link below.

Download Windows 10 (microsoft.com)

It will be easier to do if you have another PC running W10 or W11 to make the media because the media creation tool no longer works on W7/W8.1 unless you make some registry changes.

See the info at the link below if you run into problems.

(Solved) Media Creation Tool Error 0X80072F8F - 0X20000 (appuals.com)

After you create the bootable USB installation flash drive, have your HPE-510t running and at the Windows desktop.

Plug the flash drive in the USB port.

Open the flash drive in Windows explorer.

You will see a list of files on the flash drive.

Double-click on the Setup application you see in the list of files to begin the upgrade process to W10.

After you upgrade to W10, if you find that things don't work right, you have 10 days to go back to W7 as long as you don't delete any of the upgrade files or the Windows.old folder.

How to downgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 7 | Windows Central

[Bill_To]

Hi

This is a tough one to answer.

Your PC has a Haswell CPU. Intel indicates W10 64 bit support https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000006105/processors.html 

This PC could have other components, or drivers, or software which may cause a problem when trying the update.

If I was trying this update I would get a second HDD or 2.5 inch SATA SSD. Image or clone the current system disk to the new disk.

Connect only the new disk to the PC. Try the update on only the new disk to see how it goes.

You can always reinstall the original system disk if the W10 update on the new disk fails.

[Bill_To]

Hi @Paul_Tikkanen 

There were no replies to this question when composing my response.

I had to think about this situation and research the CPU/chipset since it has been a long time seeing a W7 to W10 update.

Also type very slowly. 

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi, Bill:

Yes, I occasionally do that too, but I have the ability to delete my posts when I didn't see a previous reply.

I don't believe that you are at that level in the forum yet.

BTW, the HPE-510t CTO comes with an Intel 2nd gen core (Sandy Bridge) processor.

HP PartSurfer

And your suggestion to clone the drive to a different one is a good one provided the OP has one to do that with.

[Bill_To]

Hi Paul

I found the PC specs using Duck Duck Go search. It showed a Hasswell CPU in that PC. Luckily both CPUs support W10!

Thanks for the info.

Best wishes

[Bill_To]

Paul

I this is what happened. It's not a big deal. Just wondering how I got the wrong CPU.

I picked up a foreign site showing a Pegatron, Memphis2 MB with a H87 chipset and Hasswell processors. 

https://support.hp.com/vn-en/document/c04636482 

Part surfer shows a Cleveland H67 MB.

I got the wrong product based on a product having a similar name HPE-510t CTO vs 500-510t CTO. 

Interesting.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Anytime, Bill.

Yes, the PC should support W10 for the major components.

Other components such as the Wi-Fi or any add on cards such as TV tuners may not work properly on W10, and the only way to find out is to try the upgrade out and see what happens.

Cheers,

Paul

[Noname4me]

Thank you this is just what i was looking for. 

[Noname4me]

Yeah I wanted to upgrade the whole thing but without a clear answer one the os upgrade was hesitant. My thought was to bump up the ram from8 to 16 and add a small (256g) SSD  to run on and leave the existing (1tb) for bulk storage. I only use this for basic day to day stuff and minus the ever more present glitches from software not working because of the outdated os it still is great. Thanks for the info it really is helpful. I haven't done much of this for a long time (think x86 days) so I'm trying to grow those brain cells back.