Free Upgrade to Windows 10

You can still upgrade to Windows 10 for free.  Windows will end support for Windows 7 on January 14, 2020.  See the 'Download' link on this page for Media Creation Tool.   You can save this tool to the computer you're upgrading, or save it on a removable drive to use on a different device. 

The files saved on and the software installed with a Windows 7 or Windows 8 operating system will not necessarily be removed, but third party programs may be uninstalled without notice.  Drivers may also be eliminated, and will have to be updated for Windows 10.   An upgrade from Windows Vista or Windows XP will delete any old files or programs.  

An installation wizard will guide you through the upgrade process

You will be prompted to indicate if you want to keep your personal files and applications. 

I’m performing the upgrade tonight.  It requires several reboots. I’ll let you know if it’s successful. 

You may wish to use a service like Zinstall to perform the ugrade and ensure that none of your files are lost. 

Tool to analyze dump files

Dump files, with the extension .dmp, are often created when an application crashes and can contain information about why the crash occurred and what programs were running at the time of the crash. A memory dump file can hold all of the data in physical memory at the time of crash in Windows. The Debug Diagnostic Analysis tool comes installed with Windows. It can help you analyze .dmp files.

You can select individual dump files and run a memory or performance analysis on the files.

The tool will generate a report as a .mht file that can be viewed in a web browser.

CBS log file taking up free space on C drive

In Windows, the System File Check utility may generate multiple log files of 1 GB or more that can run down the free space on your hard drive. These System File Check log files are generated by repair operations, and are useful for reviewing corruptions to Windows system files. If you need to free up space, you can safely delete these files. Look for them at C:\Windows\Logs\CBS.

CBS stands for Compression Based Servicing.

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