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How to Upgrade PIPO X7 from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10

It seems the heat of Windows 10 never recedes since the Jan.21st official release event. Not mentioning those fantastic news features about the new system, our topic in this article will focus on how to upgrade from Windows 8.1 to Window 10 on a windows TV Box. What I upgrade this time is the PIPO X7 pre-installed with authorized Windows 8.1.

pipo_x7_black_upgrade

Some background you may probably have already known. Microsoft provides two upgrading methods:

  1. Join the Microsoft insider program: https://insider.windows.com/(you will need a Microsoft account), and download a Windows 10 Technical Preview exe file. Then everything is easy. Just run the file and your system will be upgraded via windows update. Your computer will re-boot several times in the process.

windows10_image_1

This is the best method of upgrading to Windows 10 on PC. It keep all the setting of the old system. Unfortunately, when I tried to upgrade the PIPO X7, it failed finally after costing me several hours to update everything. Probably it’s because the Window 8.1 running on the PIPO X7 is a customized version for Tablet PC, and the insider program only supports PC.

  1. Download the ISO version of the Windows 10 Technical Preview (you must choose the x86 version), and then make a boot disk via a disk or USB drive. Official download link: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/preview-iso

 

Warning (think twice before going ahead):  You will lose the one year subscription of office 365 pre-installed on the X7.

If you don’t have a USB flash drive and don’t want to make a boot disk, here is another way that I used this time:

  • Create and format a new partition on the PIPO X7. Extract the ISO file into the root directory of the new volume. (5G is an appropriate capacity for the new volume). If you don’t know how to create a new partition, please go to: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/create-format-hard-disk-partition#create-format-hard-disk-partition=windows-7
  •  Download a program named “nt6 hdd installer” and also put it in the root directory of the new volume. (It is a Chinese program. You may find an English alternative on the internet)
  • Run the “nt6 hdd installer”. Click 1 to install the program and then Click 2 to reboot the system. Then the Windows 10 will installed step by step.

Important Reminders: please backup all the drivers of the PIPO X7 before re-installing the program, because that is what I forgot to do at first. Fortunately you can download the drivers package from the official site of PIPO: http://www.pipo.cn/En/index.php?m=Product&a=show4&id=368&type=2

A few screen shots of PIPO X7 running windows 10:

1 2 3 4

 

Thanks!

Frank

 

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Comments: 12
  1. Luigiantonio Calò
    8 years ago

    thank you very much Eric/Frank. :)

  2. Frank
    8 years ago

    Have you tried to upgrade yourself?:)

  3. Luigiantonio Calò
    8 years ago

    Not yet, because I'm waiting the shipping of mine. Why you don't tried to upgrade directly from ISO, when you insert USB bootable into Pipo you can run setup.exe to start the upgrade or I'm wrong?

  4. Daniel Fernando
    8 years ago

    Can i install windows XP ??? Any one try???

  5. Frank
    8 years ago

    I might have made an unnecessary step.

  6. Luigiantonio Calò
    8 years ago

    why do you want to install windows xp? XP isn't supported from microsoft..

  7. Daniel Fernando
    8 years ago

    Well in this small adapters and small hardware.... is better... more soft.... not too hard... is just to watch videos... open e-mail... office...why can try install??? I beleave will need edit the xp image to update the HDD controler to search the Nand to install on it... if any people get... advice... i beleave that the process is more less same that install MS sistem on Netbook.

  8. Leon
    8 years ago

    Can I upgrade windows the same way on Pipo x7s too?

  9. GeekBuyingBlog
    8 years ago

    Dear friend,it does not support windows XP.

  10. GeekBuyingBlog
    8 years ago

    No,it will not work .

  11. Tsahi Stein
    7 years ago

    Why not? what is the difference and will there be a way in the future?

  12. GeekBuyingBlog
    7 years ago

    Because X7S is with dual OS.

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