RELATED: Why I'm Excited About Windows 10 (And You Should Be Too) If you have hardware or programs that won’t work with Windows 10, the upgrade application will inform you of any possible problems you might experience. While the upgrade process shouldn’t erase your personal files, it’s always important to have backups anyway.
Microsoft will likely have a website that walks you through upgrading when Windows 10 is released. Reserving your copy will just save download time later. You don’t actually have to reserve - you’ll be able to upgrade for free for the first year. If you plan on upgrading when Windows 10 is released, reserve it now. It’s a bit like preloading a game or movie before the release date. When Windows 10 is good to go, you won’t have to download a massive installer from Microsoft at the same time everyone else does. “Reserve” your copy of Windows 10 and your Windows computer will automatically download Windows 10 in bits and pieces before the release date. It was added to your existing Windows systems via a Windows update. Yes, that Windows 10 pop-up in your system tray is real, legitimate, and from Microsoft. Microsoft rolled out a “Get Windows 10” application that prompts you to “reserve” your copy of Windows 10, and you’ll be seeing those notifications in your system tray on Windows 7 SP1 and Windows 8.1 computers. You’ll be able to upgrade via Windows Update when Windows 10 comes out. Update: You can download the ISO image for Windows 10 directly from Microsoft’s web site. RELATED: How to Remove the "Get Windows 10" Icon from Your System Tray (and Stop Those Upgrade Notifications) If you want to upgrade an old computer to Windows 10 after the first year and you miss out on the free upgrade offer, you’ll need to pay for a copy of Windows too - unless Microsoft extends the offer. If you’re building your own computer or purchasing a copy of Windows 10 to run in a virtual machine, you’ll have to pay $110 for Windows 10 Home or $199 for Windows 10 Pro. If you have a pirated (“ non-genuine“) copy of Windows, you may be able to upgrade - but you’ll continue to have a “non-genuine” copy of Windows 10. You may want to buy a new computer if you have such an old computer, anyway.
If you have an older computer running Windows Vista or a previous version of Windows, you won’t get a free upgrade. As long as you upgrade to Windows 10 within the first year, you can continue using Windows 10 and getting updates for the “supported lifetime of the device.” It’s a full copy that will continue to work. Despite some confusion online, you won’t have to pay anything. As long as you upgrade to Windows 10 within the first year, you won’t have to pay a cent. Windows 10 will be a free upgrade, assuming your computer runs Windows 7 Service Pack 1 or Windows 8.1.
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