My HP 15 Notebook PC is restored in windows 7 what to do to upgrade either windows 8 or windows 10?

[Mond20]

Whenever I search the specs of my laptop in google i get the processor of 64 bit and  windows 8.1 but my laptop is windows 7 32, Is it because it was restored in windows 7? what should I do?

[Lil_Boy_Blue]

Hi

IF there was an original W8.x installation, then maybe the Licence/Activation Key still exists.
KeyFinderInstaller may help....
https://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder/

Doing research, and none of the methods are mine, I have some, simple single lines of code that will list the same value for your Windows 10 Product Key…
Two for Windows 10 and one for Linux.

W10 Using cmd.exe as an Administrator (copy and paste accordingly).

wmic path softwarelicensingservice get OA3xOriginalProductKey >> c:\ProdKey.txt

Creates a text file called ProdKey.txt on your C:\ area.

Next is a PowerShell command, as Administrator...
(Get-WmiObject -query ‘select * from SoftwareLicensingService’).OA3xOriginalProductKey

but it will run within W10 using cmd.exe as an Administrator.
powershell (Get-WmiObject -query ‘select * from SoftwareLicensingService’).OA3xOriginalProductKey

Last, but not least....
Linux@Lubuntu:~$ sudo cat /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/MSDM | strings | tail -n 1

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows8ISO

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

If in doubt please ask.

[Mond20]

will the product key removed when I upgrade it to 64 bit?

[Lil_Boy_Blue]

Hi

I dont know.

The point is that there is a key for W8, but only the licenced version will activate.

So to change the OS may require a new Licence.