Best to Upgrade Win 7 or a new installation of Win 10 Pro?

FunkMaster said:

Thanks lx07, I just started my own thread

Best stick to it yani - it is more simple.

You'll be OK I rekon.

Well, on the 14th hour and finally after running all night the machine is at 99% complete.You can minimize and keep working.

Back to my wife's unit that would not update. I created a boot USB and tried again. NO GO... thus......

continued..... #22...after 17 hrs, I have scraped that method from another link my BIL gave me.

Yes, it's better to start your own thread.

cficare said:

Back to my wife's unit that would not update. I created a boot USB and tried again. NO GO... thus......

The support for NX has been a requirement for Windows since Windows 8. You can check the capabilities of your CPU with Coreinfo from Sysinternals.

Some systems with an NX-capable CPU have it turned off in the BIOS (though I would have expected Setup to say 'not enabled' rather than 'doesn't support'). Check the manual for your wife's system.
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...9adb228?auth=1

Caledon Ken said:

Bree, can't remember specifics but with some processors if you dropped down to a 32 bit version Windows 10 ...Might it work here?

Not as far as the NX requirement is concerned, it would appear. From Windows 8 on....

TechNet said:

...Windows 8 requires that systems have processors that support NX...
The 32-bit version of Windows uses one of the following features for DEP support:

• The AMD-defined No-eXecute (NX) page protection processor feature
• The Intel-defined eXecute Disable (XD) bit feature

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/.../dn482072.aspx

I am out of patience with both computers. NOW 1 out of 3 had no problem (Gamer) and the other 2 never upgraded. The wife's unit needs a new M/B that supports NX, And my Personal unit will not go past 99% after 24 hrs. So at this point I am throwing int he towel and purchasing an Win 10 DVD. I do want to thank all that have contributed.