Safe to update to Windows 10 V. 20H2 ?

[Ricardo70]

Hello, I am currently running Windows 10 Home V. 10.0.18363 Build 18363.  I am getting system update messages that indicate this version will not be supported by MS soon.

1. Is it safe for me to update to Windows 10 V. 20H2 on my laptop ?

2. Are the HP drivers updated now to work with V. 20H2 ?

3. Any sites/articles you can suggest for tips if it is safe for me to go with V. 20H2 ?

[WAWood · Accepted solution]

@Ricardo70 

1. Not certain, as folks have been posting here with issues after updating -- see 2. b elow

2. No, they are not -- and that seems to be the most common issue, and unfortunately, HP will not provide us any information or schedules as to when the driver updates are going to be done, if ever

3.  Suggest you read the material below about making an image backup using Macrium Reflect.  You will then be safe to try the update because you will have something to restore FROM if the update goes badly:

I personally prefer to use third-party Backup solutions as they tend to be both more flexible and more reliable than any built-in solutions.

Macrium Reflect (MR) provides a FREE version that can be used to image and restore partitions or entire drives.

What I recommend is the following:
1) Download and install Macrium Reflect (MR) from here: http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.aspx
2) Run MR and choose the option: "Create an image of the partition(s) required to backup and restore Windows" to write a full backup to an external drive or USB stick
3) Use the option to create a boot USB stick or CD

My experience is that MR, when using the High Compression option, typically can compress the saved image file to about 60% of the USED space in the OS partition. This means if you have an 80GB OS partition, and 40GB is used, MR only needs about 24GB to store the image file.

I use this all the time and it typically takes less than 15 minutes to do the image backup and about the same time or less to do a restore.

Plus, MR has the option to Add a Recovery Boot Menu entry. This allows you then to boot into WinRE, and you can then use that to do a restore -- when you can't boot into Windows!

NOW, you have the means to restore a full working system from the external drive or USB stick in only a few minutes.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi, @Ricardo70 

Look at the HP 20H2 support matrix for your notebook's specific model series, and see if it is supported (Consumer notebooks and Desktops).

HP Products Tested with Windows 10 | HP® Customer Support

[Ricardo70]

Thanks for your advice and time...