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Let me share my upgrade story: I decided to upgrade my kid's computer from Windows 7 to Window 10 and also replace the harddrive with an ssd drive. So I replace
by manishsharan 11y ago
Let me share my upgrade story: I decided to upgrade my kid's computer from Windows 7 to Window 10 and also replace the harddrive with an ssd drive. So I replaced the hard drive and installed the Windows 10 (home) from an ISO. But the windows 10 doesn't recognize the existing Windows 7 (home)product key. So this weekend I will have to put back the old harddrive with Windows 7, upgrade that to Windows 10, and then put the SSD back in and hopefully the Windows 10 on the SSD will recognize my product key.
- valuegram 11y agoI've had a similar problem several times, and Microsoft was always able to manually activate after I called and explained the hard drive change.
- nly 11y agoI would take another tac: Install Windows 7 on the SSD and then, transfer over the existing OEM activation[0], then upgrade it to W10, opting not to preserve settings and files. It will only take marginally longer, and you can preserve the HDD in case it all goes awry [0] Use ABR beta from http://directedge.us/content/abr-activation-backup-and-restore http://directedge.us/content/abr-activation-backup-and-resto...
- kchoudhu 11y agoAnd this is the point at which I'd just grab a Linux/BSD LiveCD and be done with Windows.
- elcct 11y agoI had similar problem when upgrading to Windows 8. I just copied an image of harddrive to ssd and then upgraded (used TrueImage for this)