Well, first – Windows 7 Home Premium would upgrade to Windows 10 Home, not Pro. Pretty much what you posted. Image any of the drives that have installed programs. Drives that only contain data may be discnnected during the upgrade.
W7 Home Premium would upgrade to W10 Home for free. Upgrade options are Windows 8 or 10. I just did an in-place upgrade of a Windows 7 Pro PC to Windows 10 2004 Pro last week, so yes still free upgrade.
It’s quietly still available. Yes, if you’re running a valid, licensed Windows 7 Home, Pro, or Ultimate computer, you can still upgrade to Windows 10 for free, as confirmed by How To Geek, ZDNet, and Bleeping Computer.
You just have to provide a valid Windows 7 (or Windows 8) key. There’s no guarantee this will work forever, but it still worked on January 14, 2020. Microsoft may one day pull the plug and cut off new upgrades. But, for now, you can still upgrade.
Can I upgrade to Windows 10 home instead of pro?
Upgrading to Windows 10 Home instead of the Pro edition also means you miss out on features such as Hyper-V virtualisation, Bit. Locker encryption, Remote Desktop server, and the ability to join a Windows domain. Make sure you are running the latest version either Windows 7 SP1 or Windows 8.1 Update .
We can figure it out! i would leave the system with Windows 7 Professional and take advantage of the free upgrade offer to Windows 10 Pro which is still available. Microsoft still does quietly offer the option to get Windows 10 for free using Windows 7 and 8 product keys, even though the free upgrade offer officially ended on July 29, 2016.).
Can Home Premium users delay updates on Windows 7?
Users of the Home Premium edition of Windows 7 may be frustrated to learn that they only qualify for an upgrade to Windows 10 Home. Home Premium users will lose at least one feature after the upgrade: the ability to delay updates. Only Windows 10 Pro and Enterprise will let you delay downloading and installing updates.