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How is it failing? It is just a machine, so that fact it is virtual should not stop the upgrade. Something else probably is.
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How is it failing? It is just a machine, so that fact it is virtual should not stop the upgrade. Something else probably is.

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When it performs the reboot from Windows 7 and starts the Windows 10 boot to perform the upgrade it gets a BSOD code: machine check exception
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When it performs the reboot from Windows 7 and starts the Windows 10 boot to perform the upgrade it gets a BSOD code: machine check exception

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That says the drivers are not compatible. Now the main drivers will be the Hyper-V drivers, so that indeed may be the reason it cannot upgrade. But I though Hyper-V had Windows 10 drivers. If not, then you will not be able to upgrade this way.
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That says the drivers are not compatible. Now the main drivers will be the Hyper-V drivers, so that indeed may be the reason it cannot upgrade. But I though Hyper-V had Windows 10 drivers. If not, then you will not be able to upgrade this way.

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So, any suggestions on how to proceed?
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If you wish a Windows 10 machine, get a Windows 10 license and install fresh. You would have had to pay for the upgrade from Windows 7 to 10. <br />
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The Server 2008 version of Hyper-V may not support Windows 10, so get a trial version and see. That way, if your version of Hyper-V does not support Windows 10, then nothing lost.
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If you wish a Windows 10 machine, get a Windows 10 license and install fresh. You would have had to pay for the upgrade from Windows 7 to 10.

The Server 2008 version of Hyper-V may not support Windows 10, so get a trial version and see. That way, if your version of Hyper-V does not support Windows 10, then nothing lost.

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Other than trial and error, is there any way to know if it should work?
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Other than trial and error, is there any way to know if it should work?

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Server 2008 was based on Vista and so Hyper-V from then is probably too old. Trial and error is the only way here. <br />
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If you need a Windows 10 machine on this server, you could use a new version of VMware to do it.
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Server 2008 was based on Vista and so Hyper-V from then is probably too old. Trial and error is the only way here.

If you need a Windows 10 machine on this server, you could use a new version of VMware to do it.

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What's the reason for trying an in-place upgrade?<br />
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Did you run the Upgrade Analyzer before trying to upgrade? It would explain any possible roadblocks.
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What's the reason for trying an in-place upgrade?

Did you run the Upgrade Analyzer before trying to upgrade? It would explain any possible roadblocks.

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It's 2008 R2. Does that make a difference?
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It's 2008 R2. Does that make a difference?

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Where do I find the upgrade analyzer? <br />
The in place upgrade is because I need 32-bit windows and I have 32-bit windows 7 iso.
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Where do I find the upgrade analyzer?
The in place upgrade is because I need 32-bit windows and I have 32-bit windows 7 iso.

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R2 does not make a difference. Hyper-V from that machine is still quite old. Also you would need to find a 32-bit version of Windows 10. Those are not very common now.
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R2 does not make a difference. Hyper-V from that machine is still quite old. Also you would need to find a 32-bit version of Windows 10. Those are not very common now.

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You can get a 32 Bit ISO version by following the details here<br />
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<a href="https://betanews.com/2017/04/12/how-to-download-windows-10-creators-update-iso-direct-from-microsoft/" rel="ugc">https://betanews.com/2017/04/12/how-to-download-windows-10-creators-update-iso-direct-from-microsoft/</a><br />
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Where using chrome and installing the user-agent switcher addin so that you can get the direct links to the ISO's from Microsoft.
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You can get a 32 Bit ISO version by following the details here

https://betanews.com/2017/04/12/how-to-download-windows-10-creators-update-iso-direct-from-microsoft/ [https://betanews.com/2017/04/12/how-to-download-windows-10-creators-update-iso-direct-from-microsoft/]

Where using chrome and installing the user-agent switcher addin so that you can get the direct links to the ISO's from Microsoft.

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The Upgrade Analyzer should be available after running the Windows 10 Setup.exe file on the Windows 7 VM.
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The Upgrade Analyzer should be available after running the Windows 10 Setup.exe file on the Windows 7 VM.

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David, don't forget to return. Some feedback is needed.
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David, don't forget to return. Some feedback is needed.

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ok. I will assume that it is an incompatibility with that version of Windows Server.
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ok. I will assume that it is an incompatibility with that version of Windows Server.

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I am trying to upgrade a Windows 7 machine to Windows 10. &nbsp;The Windows 7 machine is running on Server 2008 R2 SP1 Hyper-V. &nbsp;The upgrade is failing. &nbsp;Is there something I need to do to the Hyper-V machine to allow the upgrade to succeed?
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I am trying to upgrade a Windows 7 machine to Windows 10.  The Windows 7 machine is running on Server 2008 R2 SP1 Hyper-V.  The upgrade is failing.  Is there something I need to do to the Hyper-V machine to allow the upgrade to succeed?

Upgrade Windows 7 hyper-v machine to Windows 10

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