[Coco] Need help off-topic

[Joshua Harper]

Hi there guys I do want to thank everybody for your help I will try out everything that everybody has suggested I do want to tell you my Windows 7 is a full version windows not a upgrade Windows 7 ultimate my hard drive is having issues reading it comes it comes up and says cannot read from source Drive so I don’t think I could back it up I think it’s pretty well post when I can’t try to copy files from that drive on to another drive it just Errors out and says it cannot read from source disc

Sorry guys for the typos I have to  talk into my phone to send emails and my phone does not always put what I say thanks again for everyone’s help

> On Aug 27, 2020, at 7:25 AM, John E. Malmberg <wb8tyw at qsl.net> wrote:
> 
> On 8/26/2020 9:34 AM, Joshua Harper via Coco wrote:
>> Hi there I have Windows 7 ultimate the original disk and key but all
>> the updates from when I bought Windows 7 to when they stop supporting
>> Windows 7 it probably won’t have so I wasn’t sure how I could go
>> about getting all those updates thanks for any help
> 
> I am not sure if you understood my first reply to you which is still below.
> 
> If those instructions were not good enough, maybe if you gave your location, maybe there is a list member in your city that can give you local assistance.
> 
> 1. I gave you a list of what you need to do the backup and restore of your current Windows 7 installation.
> 
> 2. I gave you a link of step by step on how to back up your system and then after you replace the drive to restore it.
> 
> 3. I gave you some suggestions to try out on separate Windows 10 system, such as at a store demo system, or a local friend's system to see if you could make Windows 10 suit your needs.
> 
> Windows 7 should currently install.  I have heard of some people having issues with Windows update on a "new" install, not a restore, where it is taking an extremely long time to update the machine on Windows 7.
> 
> But you should be able to do a backup and restore with out having to do a re-installation of Windows 7.   I did not have any problems when I did it a few years ago.
> 
> Regards,
> -John
> 
>>>> On Aug 26, 2020, at 8:00 AM, John E. Malmberg <wb8tyw at qsl.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> On 8/26/2020 6:33 AM, Joshua Harper via Coco wrote:
>>>> Hi guys I know this is off-topic but I really need some help here I
>>>> am legally blind and I use a Windows 7 PC my Windows 7 PC is crashing
>>>> due to a bad hard drive does anybody know how I can reinstall Windows
>>>> 7 and get all the old updates up till the time that Microsoft stop
>>>> supporting Windows 7 Windows 7 allows me to change my colors so I can
>>>> see the screen decently enough windows 10 is not easily accessible
>>>> for me thanks for any of your help greatly appreciated
>>> 
>>> It apparently makes a difference if your system had Windows 7 originally installed or is an update.
>>> The best way to do that is to have a backup disk or USB stick that
>>> can hold your entire image, and your replacement disk.
>>> That is correct 2 disks, one for a USB connection and one for replacement.   I would get the largest of them that you can
>>> reasonably afford, and then you can continue to use the USB disk
>>> for backup.
>>> You also need a recovery disk (CD/DVD) that you can boot.
>>> 
>>> If you are not budget constrained, I would recommend maxing out
>>> the memory on that system if it is not already maxed out while you
>>> have it  open for the hard drive replacement.
>>> 
>>> For new memory, I have usually found the best prices on
>>> crucial.com.   They also sell SSD upgrades.
>>> https://notebooks.com/2009/10/24/how-to-backup-your-installation-of-windows-7/
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Can you try out a Windows 10 system with the settings in this article?
>>> 
>>> https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4089827/windows-10-guide-for-people-who-are-blind-or-low-vision
>>> 
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