Upgraded to Windows 10 after ‘girding my loins’
My dear Computeractive, may I pass on my thanks to your excellent magazine. You have directly saved me between £120 and £500 -ie, the cost of purchasing a Windows 10 licence or buying a new laptop.
Your article in Issue 570 on running Windows 7safely (page 60) was the final straw. I girded my loins, took a deep breath, and followed your instructions on upgrading to Windows 10. Based on your guidance, everything went smoothly and I came out the other side of the black hole with everything intact. I did not even need the Windows 7 product key for my Dell Inspiron 5510 laptop, which I bought in 2012.
However, here’s a tip. It took eight hours to download Windows 10…
