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Upgrade failed
Hi all,
In an attempt to beat the deadline, I have been trying to update my laptop.
The W10Update icon in the system now says that my laptop is not compatible ("Unfortunately this PC is not able to run Windows 10"), it invites me to click on the link to the compatibility report- which says that "You're good to go".
For the record it is a 2010 Sony Vaio Z11- i7, 6Gb RAM, 256Gb SSD (RAID with more than 20Gb free), running Windows 7
Out of desperation, I went to the direct MS link
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/softw...load/windows10
It downloaded and installed W10 and then eventually presented me with a DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE and said that it would find a solution and then automatically reboot. After an hour or so I got bored and just hit the power button.
I then turned it back on, I was presented with the w10 splash screen and the spinning circle of dots, after about another 30 minutes, I grew bored again and did a long power button press, this time on reboot it reverted back to W7.
I can only imagine that the primary problem is the fact that the laptop has both a NVIDA card and Intel graphics.
From what I have read it is possible to upgrade this laptop via BIOS hacks and 3rd party (community based) NVIDA drivers.
Time is a bit precious at the moment, and yes, I know that I should have tried to update before now, but, is the new (free) serial number likely to reside anywhere on my PC.? I'd like to make a note of it and then try to upgrade again in about 5 days., or is there another way of securing the free serial (perhaps via a virtual installation?
Tnx