Thanks a lot for the help guys. I'm doing a bit more research myself and I'll report back if necessary.

Again, thanks for the replies. Glad to hear those files won't get deleted. Still haven't decided what to do yet but if I have any problems I'll report back.

I'm currently using W7 Home Premium and would like to upgrade to W10 but I'm concerned my Nvidia graphics card is incompatible. W7 has offered an update for it but it screwed up my display so I...

Apologies for the simple question, but I have an external hard drive with plenty of space but it also has a lot of valuable files on it. If I use this drive to backup with Macrium Reflect, does it...

There's only one reason I'm thinking of upgrading - W7 support ends in Jan 2020. I'm very happy with W7 and it probably suits my ageing laptop better than W10. If I could be certain my laptop...

Thanks for the latest round of replies. I'm feeling a bit more positive about upgrading now. I'll leave it for a while though and do a bit more research first.

I've managed to update a number of...

Thanks for the replies. At the very least I'll disable my security programs.

Thanks a lot for the help guys. I'm glad I started this thread before going ahead and upgrading which I nearly did - from what you say it doesn't look good.

I'm actually very happy with W7. The...

TenForum's installation guide says 'you will need to disable or uninstall any 3rd party AV or security program' I'm a little concerned about this and just wanted to confirm if it's safe to do so. And...

I've finally plucked up the courage to upgrade from W7 to W10 but I have concerns about driver compatibility. The 'Get Windows 10' app says things are OK but I'm not convinced. For instance, these...

Thanks. I don't know if I want to do all that though. I'll probably just upgrade to W10. Thanks for the info though

It says Windows 7 Upgrade Kit on the packaging.

Thanks. Unfortunately I think you may be right. My main concern about upgrading to W10 is multiple driver incompatibility. I only upgraded from Vista to W7 last year and that was fairly problematic,...

Appreciate the replies. To clarify a few things, the installation disc I was talking about creating was for Windows 10 - I already have a W7 installation disc. It's a laptop (for any further system...

I would like to continue using Windows 7 but my concern is that it is no longer supported after January 2020. Ideally, if my laptop is still working, I would like to switch to Windows 10 in December...