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It is no surprise that people want to learn how to upgrade their PCs to Windows 10 for free. At $139/£119/AU$225, getting a copy of Windows 10 Home can be a little bit expensive.

Fortunately, it is not too hard to make the move to Windows 10 on the cheap. The real question though is how to upgrade your pc to Windows 10 for free. Though Microsoft’s official offer to Windows 7 and Windows 8 users to upgrade has expired, the firm has not closed the route for those users to make the upgrade to the newer operating system. So, it is actually not that hard to upgrade to Windows 10 for free.

Considering how easy it is, it is not entirely possible that Microsoft intentionally has left this route available for users of the older Windows OS to make the switch. Maybe Microsoft prefers absorbing that financial hit instead of just having users stick with an outdated OS or worse, switching to a different OS such as Linux, which is entirely free.

It is very possible to download Windows 10 for free if you know how to do it. So, read on in this article to learn how to upgrade to Windows 10 for free. This guide would make it easy and painless to do so.

Is Windows 10 Free?

Windows 10 has never really been free. In fact, with Windows 10 Home costing around $139 and Windows 10 Pro going for a hefty $200, getting Windows 10 installed on your computer or on your laptop is going to cost you quite a bit of money.

There was a period of time when Microsoft offered their users free upgrades to Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users, but that time has long since expired. Still, a loophole remains that allows you to get Windows 10 for no cost.

How To Upgrade To Windows 10 For Free

Basically, the steps for upgrading to Windows 10 for free from Windows 7 or from Windows 8.1 are the same as when Microsoft was officially offering the OS update.

1. Check If You Meet The Hardware Requirements

To install the latest version of Windows 10, you will need to have the following:

CPU: 1GHz or more faster supported processor.
RAM: 1GB for Windows 10 32-bit or 2GB ram for Windows 10 64-bit.
Storage: 32GB of free space or more.
GPU: DirectX 9 compatible or later with WDDM 1.0 drriver.
Display: 800x600 resolution or greater.
Internet Connection: Some versions of Windows 10 require an active internet connection during setup.

If your Windows 7 machine does not meet these specifications you would not be able to run Windows 10 and even if your machine just meets the requirements, Windows 10 would not run that well. we would recommend at least a 2GHz dual-core processor, 4GB of RAM (8GB ideally) and a 160GB hard drive for Windows 10 to run very well.

2. Download The Windows Media Creation Tool

1. The next thing to do is to download and install the Windows Media Creation Tool and select “Download tool now” under the section that is titled “Create Windows 10 installation media.”

2. Run the Windows Media Creation Tool, and when you reach the “What do you want to do?” part, select “Upgrade this PC now,” and follow the remaining steps that is in the tool. This would also give you the option of keeping your files and applications during the installation process.

3. Enter in your Windows 7 licence key, and you should soon have a Windows 10 pc running for free.

4. Click on the ‘Activate’ button if it is required and your PC would be activated with a digital license after it establishes a secure connection to the Microsoft servers.

If you are unable to obtain the license, you can also enter your Windows 7 product key and manually activate the OS.