HP Pavilion 15-n243cl and Windows 10

[Barry_S_Finkel]

I manage an HP Pavilion 15-n243cl computer that has Windows 8.1 installed.  Since 8.1 is no longer being maintained, I need to know if this machine is capable of running Windows 10 Professional 64-bit.  Thanks.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

The notebook should be able to run W10 as HP has supported the model series with W10 drivers.

HP Pavilion 15-n243cl Notebook PC Software and Driver Downloads | HP® Customer Support

Here is a free way you can do an in-place upgrade from W8.1 to W10 Home:

Make a bootable W10 USB installation flash drive with the media creation tool from the link below.

Download Windows 10 (microsoft.com)

It will be easier to do this if you have a PC running W10 or W11 because on W7 or W8.1 you need to make some registry changes in order for the media creation tool to work.   See this link if you only have your PC to use.

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Have your PC running and at the Windows desktop.

After you create the bootable W10 installation flash drive, plug it into your PC's USB port.

Do not boot from the flash drive.

Open the flash drive in Windows Explorer.

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

Double click to run the Setup application to begin the upgrade process to W10.

You have 10 days to go back to W8.1 in case things don't work as well on W10 for any reason.

Go back to Windows 8.1 - Microsoft Support

If things are working fine on W10 Home, you can upgrade from W10 Home to W10 Pro for less money.

Upgrade Windows Home to Windows Pro - Microsoft Support