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Upgrade from vista to Windows 7 on a studio 1555 laptop. Advice please
Hello, I have a studio 1555. A few years old but works okay for me. I think it might be time to upgrade the OS though. When I bought it there was a special offer to upgrade to 7 but I never took dell up on this. I am assuming because of its age 7 is likely to run better than 10 if it would work at all 10, that is). Does anyone have experience of this upgrade? Do I go for 32 or 64 bit? Where do I get the OS from? Does it have to be a dell version with drivers etc? I'm assuming dell will not help me any more because the laptop is obsolete. Thank you for any advice.
Philip_Yip
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February 7th, 2016 08:00
First ensure your Legacy BIOS is up to date at A13:
http://downloads.dell.com/published/pages/studio-1555.html
http://dellwindowsreinstallationguide.com/updating-the-bios/
If you ordered the free Windows 7 Upgrade license you may directly clean Windows 10 using this key. This system will have a Legacy BIOS so make the Bootable USB using the MBR partition scheme for Legacy BIOS:
http://dellwindowsreinstallationguide.com/download-windows-10-oem-and-retail-iso/
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1RkaknDn7v-Ucth4gt0U3BHVSY7oNkWr
If you only have a Windows Vista OEM license and didn't take the 6 months offer to get Windows 7 for free use the unofficial 10130 upgrade path:
http://dellwindowsreinstallationguide.com/windows-xpvista-%e2%86%92-windows-10-free-upgrade/
Drivers wise Windows 10 TH2 should have almost all of them inbuilt or obtain them automatically from Windows Update. You may wish to install the Windows 7 version of Dell Quickset and the Ricoh Card Reader however:
http://downloads.dell.com/published/pages/studio-1555.html
Touchpad wise force install the latest Synaptics Driver using the Device Manager. See here:
http://dellwindowsreinstallationguide.com/dell-touchpad-drivers/
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February 7th, 2016 08:00
Hello, Thank you for the info. I will read everything and take the plunge. I assume my old Studio 1555 might not be powerful enough to run Windows 10 though?
Philip_Yip
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February 7th, 2016 09:00
I've upgraded lesser hardware... This system will be fine. For optimal results however a SSD is recommended. Run the Crucial system scanner for details:
www.crucial.com