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The thread primarily discusses issues related to upgrading to Windows 11, with users expressing concerns about hardware compatibility, particularly with certain CPU types like the i3 processor. Several contributors confirm that upgrading from Windows 10 does not typically result in data loss and share their positive upgrade experiences. The discourse also touches on future Windows support, hardware upgrade challenges, and licensing questions, with some users skeptical about the necessity and practicality of upgrading older hardware to Windows 11.
The thread primarily discusses issues related to upgrading to Windows 11, with users expressing concerns about hardware compatibility, particularly with certain CPU types like the i3 processor. Several contributors confirm that upgrading from Windows 10 does not typically result in data loss and share their positive upgrade experiences. The discourse also touches on future Windows support, hardware upgrade challenges, and licensing questions, with some users skeptical about the necessity and practicality of upgrading older hardware to Windows 11.
Whatsisname
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No you will not lose your files. Updated my HP Envy today, it took about two hours with a couple of reboots built into the process. All links and files were in place. Connected to all devices (printers, router) without further adjustment. Just sorting out the settings to my own preference. Great work.
DominikHoffmann
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When I do that, will I have to get a new license key? In my case I have a Windows 10 Pro license, which was an aftermarket upgrade to a machine that came with Windows 10 Home.
Whatsisname
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I can see where your coming from snodgrass. Windows is a very good OS that has served me well for 35 years But.......If I was using Win1 it would be prone to all sorts of niggles and hacked to death by now. Win 11 is all about old computer hardware being brought up to date. What's the point of a bride being brought to a wedding in a prone to breakdown old banger, no matter how loved it is (the car not the bride LOL). Investing a new product with , hopefully, new software to further thwart hackers will be read and used against us more easily if the computer is unable to distinguish privacy in its hardware. Like most, we grow feeble with age and after 2025 you'll be open game, and more so as time marches on. I mean to hang on until 2025 merely as a cost consideration. Unfortunately even an upgrade would normally mean a new mother board and not just a CPU to us ordinary folk.
Whatsisname
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No, but do take a backup of your private files as a precaution to disaster
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