Windows 7 upgrade to Windows 10

Greetings. I have reserved my Windows 10 copy a long time ago. I tried upgrading my Windows 7 to Windows 10, the laptop meets the requirements.While upgrading, I have encountered the following problem.The upgrade was successful, operating system changed to Windows 10, BUT all my drivers have disappeared, all HP software has disappeared. I couldn't connect my laptop to the Internet in any possible way, there weren't any network drivers. Also in the Control Panel, Network and Internet options I tried to change Adapter Settings, but there wasn't any possible connection there, it was all empty...I tried to bring over some drivers from another PC using a flash-drive, but I couldn't install it, because it says .NET Framework 3.5 is needed for that. I tried to get that as well and bring it over to my laptop, but in order to install net framework 3.5 it said it needs net framework 3.5 itself... ? How do I successfully upgrade to Windows 10 without losing the abilty to connect to the Internet?

Hii, Sounds like you bypassed many steps during the upgrade 1. The upgrade will ask you do you want to keep ALL setups on your setup, applications ...2. After the first reboot, it will ask you your wireless network name and password   Please use the following information to upgrade:     https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10 Regards,FYI. I upgrade 5 laptops over the weekend, no problem so far. I will do other laptops and my children laptops early next month. 

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