New EliteBook 840 G3 - Change from Win 7 to Win 10

[Pricey1973]

I have an EliteBook 840 G3 on order.  It comes with a Windows 10 license, but Windows 7 pre-installed.

Is there a quick way to change to Windows 10 without going through the whole upgrade process?  For example, is there a Windows 10 image for this unit I can download and then just apply the included license key to it?

Or will it come with a Win 10 image in the box ready to do this?

[visruth · Accepted solution]

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@Pricey1973 wrote:

I have an EliteBook 840 G3 on order.  It comes with a Windows 10 license, but Windows 7 pre-installed.

Is there a quick way to change to Windows 10 without going through the whole upgrade process?  For example, is there a Windows 10 image for this unit I can download and then just apply the included license key to it?

Or will it come with a Win 10 image in the box ready to do this?

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Hi,

Only way to do this is to Clean install Windows 10 (same version of which you have activation licencse key) using Microsoft Windows Media creation tool - by creating UEFI bootable USB.

Follow this tutorial. 

Please create a recovery USB (windows 7) before proceeding with clean install of Windows 10.

Regards

Visruth

[Pricey1973]

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That's unfortunate.  I was hoping for something that would already have HP's drivers and software applied (i.e. an image/recovery media).

[visruth]

You can get drivers from here for Windows 10.

In case of preinstalled Windows 7, create recovery USB, keep it safely.

[pamisa_ca]

Hi Visruth, 

Thank you very much first for taking the time helping those on this community and any others. 

I'm replying to your last post hoping that you may have insight to a different upgrade scenario but same unit (ish).  I have a 840 G3 (T6F47UT) which I upgraded to Win10 earlier this year through what I recall was MS site or upgrade portal.  All went ok from what I can tell, except once the OS sign-in screen appears, no matter what email, workplace, school or home (outlook, work domain, admin) it will always tell me that it does not recognize in DB.

*Originally I thought perhaps a missing driver(s) but without access to the OS I don't even know how to look let alone fix.

So, I hope this note finds you well and thanks again. 

Yours, 

Patrick D. Gillespie | Pamisa Group

patrick.gillespie@pamisa.ca