How many more years can i still use Windows 7?

[sloj]

MBR2GPT tool will do the conversion without touching data. But if it's important data you should backup anyway.

How to convert MBR to GPT drive to switch BIOS to UEFI on Windows 10

 

[rohitks]

As far as Windows 7 key is to be used, it will work on Windows 10 for the matching edition only. I.e. you can upgrade from Windows 7 home to Windows 10 home and Windows 7 Pro & Enterprise to Windows 10 Pro. Cross edition it will not work.
Windows 10 license is stored on MS activation servers, so it keeps track of how many systems and how many times key is used.
OEM can be used only once and is tied to the HW. Retail has option to transfer from one system to another.
If MS activation server finds that same OEM key is used again, it might blacklist it in future and your license may get revoked.

You can use Windows 10 without activation, just that you won't be able to personalize your copy of Windows 10.
Windows 10 does not need GPT. It can be happy with Legacy+MBR.
You can simply upgrade from 7 to 10 by expanding Windows 10 ISO to a separate drive and run setup.exe from within Windows 7.
In place upgrade will not even ask for key, it will automatically select the correct edition and if your Win 7 license is genuine you will automatically get Win 10 digital license.
Hope this helps. Good luck.

 

[rohitks]

Just to clarify, when I say OEM key can be used only once, it's for activation. Once Windows 10 is activated a digital license tied to HW finger print gets registered on MS activation servers. Thereafter you never need to use or enter the key again on the same system. Even if you format and do a clean install later, the license is automatically pulled from the MS servers once you go online and you get back your license automatically.

 

[mreccentric]

Yes. I tried downloading the ISO file from Microsoft website, and it seems to be complicated.
I am now finding it on google search. I am now preparing backup of the files in the computer, before i could install the newer OS.

If you can find a downloadable link of Windows 10 on Microsoft Website, do share. Thanks to everyone here.

 

[Navjot Singh]

Download Windows 10 Disc Image (ISO File)

This is the official link. However, if you open the link, you will be asked to download a media creation tool that can download a perfect ISO for you. But if you don't want the tool and just the ISO, get a user-agent switcher extension for your browser and switch your user-agent to Linux. Then reload the page again and you can download the ISO directly.

 

[mreccentric]

Thanks. But, i had some old ISO file which i used.
The backups didn't work so well. Yet, i know that this computer was not so important.

Shifted to Windows 10 seamlessly. Yes, i'm late.