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08-16-2021
12:07 PM
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08-17-2021
05:39 AM
by
JessikaV
experience AND TIPS IN upgrading EliteBOOK 840 G3 W7 to W10,
granted that the unit has the RAM and HDD capacities .....
08-16-2021 04:10 PM
My latest work was to upgrade my 11 years old machine from Windows 7 to Windows 10 and keep all users files/programs/data on July 21, 2021
I used ISO file from the following source
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10
then mount ISO file as DVD drive and run Setup from there. You can keep existing your files and programs if you wish.
After that, I ran few Windows updates and voilà. Only one hiccup: no driver for the Broadcom finger print reader .
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08-18-2021 04:39 PM
Thanks a lot for your reply Banhien,
I had it easier because I had another newer HP already on W10... but I wanted to save my 8yr old EliteBOOK as good working spare.... For anyone interested it is an Elite BOOK, 840 G3, - Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6500U CPU @ 2.50GHz 2.59 GHz PROCESSOR, 8.00 GB RAM, Toshiba 449GB HD
I completely cleaned up this machine and did quite a few MS and HP SW/Updates as recommended on their support pages...
Since I already had all my Doc's / Pic's / music files on the newer HP-ProBOOK machine, i just used an external USB CD drive to transfer my user files back into the Elite Book AFTER downloading the W-10 OS....
Th3is downloading and installation worked smoothly without ANY hiccups!!
thansk a lot and hope this expereince is usefull to somen else,,, / Regatrds,, / JAC