Back up all important data.
Save all your drivers to a USB thumbdrive.
Create a new system restore point.
See info here please be sure to read the Q & As at the link.
The reason why you need to try and upgrade from 7 to 10 is because you need to enter the product key and the product key must correspond with the OS that is running on the computer, this would obviously not be possible with an out of the box new HDD that had no OS on it.
If you are able to upgrade for free, download yourself a Windows 10 ISO, you can either burn it to a DVD or create a bootable USB device for which you would need an 8GB minimum storage capacity thumbdrive, once done, the product key that has been used will be stored on the Microsoft database along with the notebooks MB details, this means that when you swap in the new HDD you would be able to install Windows 10 to the new HDD as the MB details would be recognised by Microsoftβs database check.
Too soon to be thinking of getting a new computer imo.
Save all your drivers to a USB thumbdrive.
Create a new system restore point.
See info here please be sure to read the Q & As at the link.
The reason why you need to try and upgrade from 7 to 10 is because you need to enter the product key and the product key must correspond with the OS that is running on the computer, this would obviously not be possible with an out of the box new HDD that had no OS on it.
If you are able to upgrade for free, download yourself a Windows 10 ISO, you can either burn it to a DVD or create a bootable USB device for which you would need an 8GB minimum storage capacity thumbdrive, once done, the product key that has been used will be stored on the Microsoft database along with the notebooks MB details, this means that when you swap in the new HDD you would be able to install Windows 10 to the new HDD as the MB details would be recognised by Microsoftβs database check.
Too soon to be thinking of getting a new computer imo.
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