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How to update windows 8 to 8 1 in dell laptop.
Free windows10 upgrade on a windows 8 1 dell laptop i have a dell xps15 9530 laptop running intel i7 with 16gb memory and a 1 terabyte drive and running windows 8 1 and ie 11.
Either via the windows control panel or via the microsoft website.
I did a clean install on a windows 8 1 computer without going through the update this pc now method.
Since the release of windows 10 i have upgraded my wife s hp running win7 and her mother s hp running windows 8 1 with no problem.
Perform a clean installation of windows 8 8 1.
Steps to download and update dell drivers for windows 8.
This laptop had pre loaded microsoft windows 8 1 under licence and i presume it allows free download to next version.
Driver tonic is 100 compatible with 32 bit or 64 bit windows 7 8 8 1 10 and it is safe house and help you to update defective dell drivers for free.
It activated once online probably because oem computers with a pre installation of windows 8.
Insert the windows 8 8 1 dvd into your optical drive and restart your computer.
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The table below lists dell inspiron laptop computers that have been tested with windows 8 and windows 8 1.
Support for windows 7 ended in january which means microsoft wants holdouts to upgrade to windows 10 to keep devices running securely and smoothly.
Windows 8 1 will not keep any of your windows 7 desktop apps installed after the upgrade so make sure you have copies of all your installer files and associated product keys.
Go to the windows 8 1 download page and select your windows edition.
The update will download and install in the background while you use your pc to do other things.
Both methods are effective so you can use whichever works best for you.
The installer will check to make sure you have enough disk space that your apps and devices will work with windows 8 1 or windows rt 8 1 and that you have.
If you have an older pc or laptop still running.
For computers that do not have uefi bios at the dell logo screen tap the f12 key repeatedly until the please select boot device.
Select confirm and follow the remaining prompts to begin the download.