To do an inplace upgrade from Windows 10 Home to Professional edition, go to Settings -> System -> About then click the link Change product key or upgrade your edition of Windows.

Then click on Go to Store link.




Below is a screenshot from a Windows 10 Home laptop, price shows is $149, I am assuming it includes GST.

 

You can buy a retail version to use for inplace upgrade of Windows 10 Home to Professional. Unless, you buy a Windows 10 Professional OEM licence which is like $249.




Doing an inplace upgrade will save you around $100.

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I had to restore files and folders that have disappeared/missing after a cut and paste on an external USB drive.

I tried Recuva deep scan and EaseUS Data Recovery deep scan but none of the two showed the missing files/folders I'm after.

I then tried the Wondershare Data Recovery trial version

because I have tried it on recovering deleted pictures on an Android mobile phone previously using the old version and it worked.




Quick scan didn't find the files/folder I'm after, so I did a deep scan that took around 4 hours to scan a 800GB external USB drive connected to USB2 port.

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I got an error Task image is corrupt or has been tampered with 0x80041321 when saving a Windows Backup task on Windows 7.

This happened after a revert to Windows 7 after it got updated to Windows 10. Solution that worked for me, may not work for you though was:

1. Backup everything and delete all files inside C:\Windows\System32\Tasks\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsBackup.


2. Go to registry and export the keys inside to back it up HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsBackup then delete all keys such as:

  • AutomaticBackup
  • Windows Backup Monitor




3. Then create your Windows Backup again.

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I had to clean and re-do the adhesive tape of Acer Aspire 8951G screen as bugs/insects were leaving inside the screen and the plastic on top of the screen stop sticking to the frame. I also had to replace the battery where I had to remove the bottom case and keyboard. When testing the battery, make sure to lock the battery switch (orange) located underneath the case, or else you will see "No battery detected" on Windows, even though your battery has been plugged in to the board.




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