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--- other:win7towin10 [2018/02/27 18:31] – jypeter
+++ other:win7towin10 [2018/02/28 10:14] – jypeter
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   * Let Windows quickly look for updates (if you have a network connection)
   * Accept the **Licence**
-  * If/When Windows 10 wants you to create an online Microsoft account or to use a company account, disconnect the computer from the network before selection Home/Office, go to the next screen and accept to ignore this step, and Windows 10 will allow you to create a local account
+  * If/When Windows 10 wants you to create an online Microsoft **account** or to use a company account, disconnect the computer from the network before selection Home/Office, go to the next screen and accept to ignore this step, and Windows 10 will allow you to create a local account
     * create an account that has the same login as your LSCE account
   * Reconnect the network and do some basic configuration:
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     * disable all the personalized settings, in order to get as much personal data protection as possible
   * [[win10misc#updating_windows_10|Update Windows]]
-  * Clean the ''C:'' disk, including system files. You may gain 30+ Gb if you accept to completely remove the previous version of Windows (Windows 7)
+  * **Clean** the ''C:'' disk, **including system files**. You may gain 30+ Gb if you accept to completely remove the saved (''C:\Windows.old'') previous version of Windows
   * <wrap hi>Important step before installing the specific system drivers!</wrap> **Activate the system protection** on the ''C:'' drive, in order to be able to create system restore points. Allocate 5-10 Gb of disk space for the restore points. You can always set a lower limit later, when you know that the sytem is stable
     * English: go to the Control Panel, search for Recovery, and then select Recovery > Configure System Restore > Configure and make sure Turn on system protection is selected
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 ===== Installing HP Software =====
-Windows 10 seemed to install the correct device drivers during the //update// step, so it may be a good idea to only use the HP tools to install the BIOS updates and don't worry about the rest
+<WRAP center round tip 60%>
+Windows 10 seems to install the correct device drivers during the [[win10misc#updating_windows_10|Windows update step(s)]] (Intel proc & video drivers, touchpad, audio, some HP drivers), so it may be a good idea to only use the HP tools to install the BIOS updates and not worry about the rest
+</WRAP>
 You can use either SDM (HP SoftPaq Download Manager) or HP Support Assistant. SDM will offer more packages to download (not all of them useful), but SA is easier to use (and possibly unstable). The version numbers may differ slightly between SDM and SA. SA stopped working at some point (it said that there were no available updates)