Windows 7 is now unsupported, so I am trying to upgrade my Windows 7 guest to Windows 10 using Windows 10 ISO.
The problem is that the controller and video VMWare used in Windows 7 are being listed as not compatible in Windows 10 (message below) and I cannot proceed with the upgrade. This VM has been copied from a different computer and the current host running VMWare Workstation 15.5 (15.5.1 build-15018445) is a Windows 10 (64bit) desktop - underlying hardware is not an issue.
These devices aren't compatible in Windows 10. Contact the manufacturer for more info.
LSI Adapter, Ultra320 SCSI 2000 series, w/1020/1030
(LSI)
VMware SVGA 3D
(VMware, Inc.)
You'll have problems with your display in Windows 10.
How can I configure the guest to use Windows 10-compatible VMWare devices so I can perform this upgrade?
Thank you in advance for any information/links you may be able to provide.
Hello MBVM,
Nice to see a familiar face
I wrote an article about this particular issue.
For the part about the LSI adapter, please see:
https://www.vimalin.com/blog/windows-7-to-windows-10-upgrade/
As for the VGA adapter, if I'm not mistaken then there's a button you can click to ignore that error.
Hope this helps,
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Wil
Hello MBVM,
Nice to see a familiar face
I wrote an article about this particular issue.
For the part about the LSI adapter, please see:
https://www.vimalin.com/blog/windows-7-to-windows-10-upgrade/
As for the VGA adapter, if I'm not mistaken then there's a button you can click to ignore that error.
Hope this helps,
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Wil
Hi Wil,
The instructions from the page you shared worked and I was able to move past LSI error. Thank you so much!
For the VGA, I was able to overcome that by using instructions from https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2126929
After that, I had to create extra storage (added a new virtual disk and initialized it before running Windows 10 setup again) to be able to run the set up. I have my VM running the upgrade to Windows 10 at the moment and so far so good. I hope not to hit any other bumps.
Thanks again for the help!
Hi,
Glad to hear it worked and thanks for the feedback.
I will add the link of the KB article to my blog post so that hopefully it will help others as well.
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Wil