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‎01-01-2020 05:03 PM

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Product: Pavillion dv7
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 (64-bit)

Good evening folks-I'm looking into either upgrading my HP Pavillion dv7 Notebook PC O/S to Windows 10 or will be forced to buy a new laptop with W10 installed.

The Notebook has an Intel i5 Core processor (2.53 GHz). RAM is 6 GB.Available physical memory of 3.69 GB. Total virtual memory is 11.6 GB. Available Virtual memory is 9.05 GB. Screen Resolution is 1600x900.

I do have a lot of pictures which will be removed and put on a flash drive for more memory.

Has anyone had any experience with this type of laptop installing Windows 10? If so, any issues? 

I've looked at the W10 system requirements and I may be cutting it close for space and operation performance.

Is it worth the effort for the W10 install? I know my laptop is old and that HP doesn't support certain laptops after 2013 for W10 installs.

Let me know what y'all think and I appreciate your input. Thank you.

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‎01-02-2020 07:13 AM

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Hi:

 

What is the full model number or product number of your notebook?

 

https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c00033108

 

There will most likely be issues with the audio, and if your notebook has the AMD/Intel switchable graphics, the graphics won't work.

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‎01-02-2020 07:13 AM

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Hi:

 

What is the full model number or product number of your notebook?

 

https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c00033108

 

There will most likely be issues with the audio, and if your notebook has the AMD/Intel switchable graphics, the graphics won't work.

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‎01-04-2020 03:49 PM

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Thank you very much for your help. After looking into what you mentioned, I'm going to have to retire the notebook. Have a nice weekend.

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‎01-04-2020 04:38 PM

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You're very welcome.

 

You have a nice weekend too.

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