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uli65

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uli65 Advanced Member

uli65

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I have Asus F45V  notebook with windows 7. my friend have various opinions this device can or can not support windows 10.

how can I check this. there is a tool you can run on your notebook to check this problem but i do not know the name. any ideas how I can figure out.

I am not a friend for some experiments on my notebook and want be sure.  thank you all for help.

 

maxpower Advanced Member

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Just now, jenny2017 said:

 

 I beg your pardon, but the ,link would be enough to help the OP to find out if W 10 works on the machine.

 

    Here's another way: https://www.groovypost.com/howto/make-windows-10-upgrade-icon-show-up/

My pardon is begged.

The OP is looking for help with compatibility not a shed load of posts about how to obtain free Win10 upgrade . 

A very good answer has been provided already.

RichCor Platinum Member

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Suggestion:

If you have an external USB hard drive with enough free space ...you could always download and install drive backup software, like Macrium Reflect or Acronis True Image, and create an "image" of your current working hard drive (all working partitions) to refer back to or fully restore your system if Win10 doesn't work for you or you chose not to stick with it for now. 

 

It would also give you the flexibility of 'upgrading' from Win7 to Win10, or completely wiping the internal drive and doing a fresh new install of Win10.

xylophone Diamond Member

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5 hours ago, uli65 said:

it was bought in Thailand and has no genuine windows 7. 

Then it missed the free W 10 upgrade window, so now you should be able to install W 10, preferably the real MS version, but others more versed with your particular model will know...........

smccolley Senior Member

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I think the biggest issue is not whether it will install and run but as craigt3365 points out, the performance might go into the unusable range. As near as I can tell that has a i3 CPU which I think will struggle with Win10, and only 4GB of RAM will be sucked up just by the OS. 

 

Last year I got an I7-6700 CPU/ 4GB RAM laptop and installed Win10. Before I could run any heavy apps I had to run out and get another 4GB RAM because it was all used up by OS and generic device drivers.

scottiejohn Ruby Member

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I have  Windows 10 on an old acer aspire one with only 1.5gb Ram which started life with WinXP.  Works perfectly well, when required, for general surfing tasks.  Netflix probably not but e-mails/news/google/shopping etc OK.

 

 

11 minutes ago, smccolley said:

Before I could run any heavy apps I had to run out and get another 4GB RAM because it was all used up by OS and generic device drivers.

What is meant by 'heavy apps'?  I am sending this from an IBM laptop with 4gb Ram and it is just as swift as my 8GB desktop at home which of course has much more stuff eating up resources.  I think I would be looking at your task manager to see what is 'eating' your resources on the laptop!

tweedledee2 Advanced Member

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1 hour ago, smccolley said:

I think the biggest issue is not whether it will install and run but as craigt3365 points out, the performance might go into the unusable range. As near as I can tell that has a i3 CPU which I think will struggle with Win10, and only 4GB of RAM will be sucked up just by the OS. 

 

Last year I got an I7-6700 CPU/ 4GB RAM laptop and installed Win10. Before I could run any heavy apps I had to run out and get another 4GB RAM because it was all used up by OS and generic device drivers.

   Not quite correct. According to Microsoft Windows10 only requires a 1ghz or faster processor, 1gb ram for 32 bit, 2gb for 64 bit and hard disk space of 16gb for 32bit, 20gb for 64 bit for the OS. You have to have a compatible graphics. 

  I have a Gateway laptop with a 2 core  AMD processor 4gb of ram and 500gb hard drive that I upgraded from Windows 7 to 10. I have had no issues that you describe. It evens streams internet video to my Samsung 42".

    Also, Windows 10 OS as with previous versions installs on hard disk space and drivers are installed within the OS not in the RAM.

1 hour ago, smccolley said:

 

 

 

RichCor Platinum Member

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Yep.  Acer i3 with 4GB RAM here. I run Win10-64 here, sometimes even with a Virtual Machine in VirtualBox or Hyper-V for testing. No issues. 

jenny2017 Advanced Member

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8 hours ago, smccolley said:

I think the biggest issue is not whether it will install and run but as craigt3365 points out, the performance might go into the unusable range. As near as I can tell that has a i3 CPU which I think will struggle with Win10, and only 4GB of RAM will be sucked up just by the OS. 

 

Last year I got an I7-6700 CPU/ 4GB RAM laptop and installed Win10. Before I could run any heavy apps I had to run out and get another 4GB RAM because it was all used up by OS and generic device drivers.

Not true. I'm running W 10 Pro on a very old notebook with 4Gb of DDR II memory and it's a great machine.

 

  P.S. When I'm now using a PC with W 7, I really hate it. No automatic driver download, no nothing.

 

     MS did a really good job with all these updates and that's what you'll get. You don't have to go through all the hassle others had to experience. 

 

   OP, go for it. 

    

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craigt3365 Star Member

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3 hours ago, jenny2017 said:

Not true. I'm running W 10 Pro on a very old notebook with 4Gb of DDR II memory and it's a great machine.

 

  P.S. When I'm now using a PC with W 7, I really hate it. No automatic driver download, no nothing.

 

     MS did a really good job with all these updates and that's what you'll get. You don't have to go through all the hassle others had to experience. 

 

   OP, go for it. 

    

My experience is exactly the opposite. Make sure you can go back. 

JamJar Senior Member

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17 hours ago, smccolley said:

I think the biggest issue is not whether it will install and run but as craigt3365 points out, the performance might go into the unusable range. As near as I can tell that has a i3 CPU which I think will struggle with Win10, and only 4GB of RAM will be sucked up just by the OS. 

 

Last year I got an I7-6700 CPU/ 4GB RAM laptop and installed Win10. Before I could run any heavy apps I had to run out and get another 4GB RAM because it was all used up by OS and generic device drivers.

 

This is really complete nonsense. I mean complete nonsense.

JamJar Senior Member

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21 hours ago, craigt3365 said:

I upgraded my laptop and it now performs miserably. Can't even use it. It was listed as one that would support an upgrade. Right....

 

 

Back up your data and run a clean install of the OS.

JamJar Senior Member

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23 hours ago, uli65 said:

it was bought in Thailand and has no genuine windows 7. 

I can update the BIOS firmware to include the genuine ASUS Microsoft signature. Once complete, the machine will be the same as a machine from the 'west', sold with the OS pre-installed.

This at no cost.

You can then choose to continue with genuine Windows 7 or to upgrade the Windows 7 installation to genuine Windows 10.

You will always keep the option to reinstall Windows 7.

 

But i won't waste my time unless you actually go through with it. Too many timewasters on the board who are only interested in 'one click' solutions.

 

I would also recommend the installation of a Solid State Drive, costing 2000 baht, when running a clean install of the Operating System.  It will transform the performance of the machine and make it more robust.

But you can think about that later.

jacko45k Star Member

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I can only believe ASUS should inform you of this. After all, likely they will supply any necessary drivers. In my case, a particular model of Sony Viao I bought in Thailand, has remained on Windows 7, as the Sony website said it would blue screen and likely become a brick. It is still working on 7 fine.

 

I upgraded my Asus T100T from Win 8 to 10 just fine, and am very happy with it, although many of the functions I like stem from Touchscreen facilities.

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JamJar Senior Member

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1 hour ago, jacko45k said:

I can only believe ASUS should inform you of this. After all, likely they will supply any necessary drivers. In my case, a particular model of Sony Viao I bought in Thailand, has remained on Windows 7, as the Sony website said it would blue screen and likely become a brick. It is still working on 7 fine.

 

I upgraded my Asus T100T from Win 8 to 10 just fine, and am very happy with it, although many of the functions I like stem from Touchscreen facilities.

 

 

You believe wrongly.

ASUS not supplying a Driver on their website does not equate to the machine being incompatible with Windows 10. It almost certainly is fully compatible.

If a Driver is missing, it can usually be found on a helpful website of by Hardware ID.

 

As for your Sony Vaio.....which model exactly? It's likely an issue with the graphics, which can be fixed.

The problem is likely that SONY didn't bother to released modified Drivers. But they are out there.

 

 

 

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impulse Star Member

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4 hours ago, JamJar said:
21 hours ago, smccolley said:

Last year I got an I7-6700 CPU/ 4GB RAM laptop and installed Win10. Before I could run any heavy apps I had to run out and get another 4GB RAM because it was all used up by OS and generic device drivers.

This is really complete nonsense. I mean complete nonsense.

 

Some folks can run on 4Gb.  Right now, Resource Monitor has mine using 6 Gb of my 16 Gb.  I'm on Chrome with a few windows open, playing MP3's in the background, over a VPN with God only knows what running in the background- antivirus, Windows security, etc.   If I fire up a good spreadsheet with big charts in Excel 64bit, it will pull 2Gb on its own.  When RAM was expensive, it made sense to compromise.  Nowadays, it makes no sense to limit what you can do simultaneously to save $20-$50. 

 

Unless, you're running 32 bit Windows.  Then ya gotta compromise...

 

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higgy88 Advanced Member

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4 hours ago, jacko45k said:

I can only believe ASUS should inform you of this. After all, likely they will supply any necessary drivers. In my case, a particular model of Sony Viao I bought in Thailand, has remained on Windows 7, as the Sony website said it would blue screen and likely become a brick. It is still working on 7 fine.

 

I upgraded my Asus T100T from Win 8 to 10 just fine, and am very happy with it, although many of the functions I like stem from Touchscreen facilities.

 

I actually laughed out loud at the reply that you believe wrongly.   Some people just live in their own bubble. 

 

My daughter has a similar Sony Vaio.  One day she emailed me and told me that MS was trying to update her Windows 7 computer to Windows 10, and should she let it do it.   It took me maybe 5 minutes to find the answer, which was a big NO.  So I found and gave her the tools she needed to make sure MS never tried to do it again, and I am sure she will happily continue to use her 'puter 'til she no longer wants to. 

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