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Dell optiplex 760 upgrade to windows 10
Can I upgrade the OS in my Dell optiplex 760 to windows 10. It currently runs windows 7
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Can I upgrade the OS in my Dell optiplex 760 to windows 10. It currently runs windows 7
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fireberd
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December 30th, 2019 03:00
Dell does not officially support Win 10 (no drivers) but many old systems will run Win 10. How well and how much of the hardware is supported by Win 10 is iffy. Later versions of Win 10 do not support all older hardware.
If you want to give it a try do one of these two suggestions in case it doesn't work and you want to go back to Win 1.
1. Remove the hard drive and install a new hard drive to install Win 10.
2. Make a complete drive (all partitions) disc image (backup) to a separate drive with a program such as the free (and popular) Macrium Reflect. Actually you should be doing periodic backups anyway - not for IF you will ever need it but for WHEN.
speedstep
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December 30th, 2019 07:00
There is no upgrade.
Clean install works but its not supported.
Not supported means you must use windows 7 drivers.
You must have OEM windows 7 key in order to use OEM windows 10 DVD to install. The current Microsoft ISO files for Windows 10 are bigger than 4GB in total and also contain an install.wim with a size of more than 4 GB. This does not allow creating for example an USB stick with FAT32.
Win10 1809, 1903, 1909 is larger than 4 gigs for the WIM file so you will have to burn the ISO to a DUAL LAYER DVD disk.
https://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/19/sln313422/windows-10-iso-contains-wim-file-that-is-big-for-fat32-file-system?lang=en
https://www.newegg.com/microsoft-windows-10-pro-64-bit-reinstall-recovery-disc-only-no-license-key-included/p/N82E16832350238
All of the drivers are in a single cab file for windows 7.
There will never be 10 drivers but the 7 drivers work fine.
What you do is download the cab file.
move the cab file from downloads to the MY DOCUMENTS folder
Then use 7zip to extract the cab contents into the folder.
https://www.7-zip.org/download.html
once thats done you right click on any yellow ! in device manager and say UPDATE FROM MY MACHINE instead of download the driver from online.
Everything will be found and installed.
https://ftp.dell.com/sysman/760-Win7-A00-R246942.CAB
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Driver CABs Homepage
Included Drivers
Cambridgeport90
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December 30th, 2019 10:00
I have discovered that even if Dell doesn't support a particular configuration, oftentimes using a newer OS on an older workstation will breathe life back into the older hardware and allow you to maintain it for longer. I have done that myself with a PowerEdge T110 and a Latitude E6540.
speedstep
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January 5th, 2020 18:00
There are no more upgrades only clean install.
It will work but must use win7 drivers
bradthetechnut
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January 6th, 2020 19:00
Hi @Coded DC,
Speedstep discriminates against the word "upgrade," or is too particular with it.
A clean install on a fresh drive will work just fine, as long as the SSD or HDD is formatted first.
A Dell OEM drivers disk can still be used. Also, there's Dell Support Assist. I've used both on my previous 755 with Win10. Support Assist is more comprehensive than Dell Command Update. Command Update I believe is drivers only. You also have speedstep's suggestion for drivers with the 7zip file he refers to.