Upgrade problem with Windows 7 Home x 32 edition to Windows 10 Home

dalchina said:

It would be helpful if you can identify that from the log files.

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This seems exactly your case:
Windows 10 2004: Upgrade fail due to drive letter on boot partition | Born's Tech and Windows World
Does the System Reserved Partition have a drive letter?

Post a screenshot of the partitions using a 3rd party partition manager (not Disk Management).

Clue: it shouldn't.

It is also easier and quicker when needing to repeat thiese attempts to have an iso file you've downloaded, then log in, rt click the iso file, click Mount (advise if Mount not available). the open the new drive letter created, double click setup.exe.

Then choose NOT to accept updates (a lower risk of failure and saves time and the downloads).

Not possible to do screenshot when bluescreen is frozen.

The iso file was removed from the download folder after it was burnt to a DVD disc.

@ dalchina,
Thanks for your reply,

The main issue is this , If it was my pc I would do a clean install without hesitation.

Booting up from the setup directly from the disc for upgrade is what I'm doing, Not doing a clean install, that's completely different and that's when it creates a partition and assigns a letter, obviously this is done after the 25 digit keys is entered.

I'm not doing that, its an upgrade only and therefore a 25 digit key is not required as it would have been assigned a digital licence previously by Microsoft for the upgrade.

All operating systems are different, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows XP, Vista, etc up to Windows 10 have been different, what one takes for granted and easy to do with one particular version of an operating system does not automatically transfer the same methods apply to a different operating system, some aspects are different.

As the pc belongs to elderly person, to do a clean install it requires a 25 digit key, something that the elderly people cannot afford to purchase, hence an upgrade only.

The other problem is this, disk management cannot be seen,. either the pc is cocked up or disk management is well hidden. Without seeing disc management then you cannot see partitions......

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@ Berton. No worries, I appreciate what you said.
Cheers

bondy99 said:

As the pc belongs to elderly person, to do a clean install it requires a 25 digit key, something that the elderly people cannot afford to purchase, hence an upgrade only.

Even if you cannot upgrade the Win7 to get a digital licence, there is a way to do a clean install and activate it from the currently installed and activated Win7. You first need to capture the activation of the current Win7 and store it for later use.

This tutorial will show you how to directly clean install Windows 10 on your activated Window 7 or Windows 8.1 PC without having to upgrade first, and have Windows 10 legally activated afterwards.

Clean Install Windows 10 Directly without having to Upgrade First

@ Bree,

Thanks for the reply, I checked out the link , Shawn has written those instructions well.

Cheers