Windows 10: 2016 Laptop came with Win 10 Pro Disc and Win 7 Pro Loaded, can I upgrade using same...

Discus and support 2016 Laptop came with Win 10 Pro Disc and Win 7 Pro Loaded, can I upgrade using same... in Windows 10 Updates and Activation to solve the problem; Bought an HP Probook 450 G3 from Microcenter in 12/15. It came with Win 7 Pro preloaded, but also had 2 discs labeled "Operating System DVD Windows 10... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Updates and Activation' started by JamesRobertson#6, Nov 20, 2018.

  1. 2016 Laptop came with Win 10 Pro Disc and Win 7 Pro Loaded, can I upgrade using same...


    Bought an HP Probook 450 G3 from Microcenter in 12/15. It came with Win 7 Pro preloaded, but also had 2 discs labeled "Operating System DVD Windows 10 Pro" and "Application and Driver Recovery DVD...This disc contains software for Microsoft Windows 10". The instructions for Win 10 required me to go into the bios to enable UEFI Native Boot mode, which I was uncomfortable doing at that time. So I just went with the preloaded Win 7 Pro.

    However, the IT guys at work just told me that Win 7 is going end of life in early 2020. I keep my laptops clean and they run a very long time, so in I want to keep using my laptop past EOL for Win 7. A friend of mine said not to upgrade to Win 10 using that old disc, but instead back up my data an do a clean install using the Media Creation Tool. He told me that I can use my Win 7 Pro product key to activate Win 10. Is that true? I don't want to have to buy a new license.

    :)
     
    JamesRobertson#6, Nov 20, 2018
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  2. Yancyd66 Win User

    Win 7 pro to Upgrade to Win 10 Pro

    Long story. Several months ago upgraded from win 7 pro to win 10 pro.
    Everything fine until BSOD a few days ago. After many hrs of trying to fix with no luck I decided to do clean install of win 7 again and then using Media Creation Tool downloaded and created what I thought was a Win 10 Pro ISO disk.
    Used disk and loaded win 10 to pc. Things again fine except have the “Activate Window” message and that’s when I discovered the ISO was Win 10 Home.
    Why didn’t the Media Creation Tool create a Win 10 Pro ISO and how do I now get the Win 10 Pro ISO.
     
    Yancyd66, Nov 20, 2018
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  3. Win 7 Home > Win 7 Pro upgrade AFTER MS pre-loads my Win 10 stuff

    I have a laptop running Win 7 Home Premium and late in July I invoked Get Win 10. Now, I have the notice that Win 10 is ready to install on the laptop.

    However, meantime, my son has given me an un-opened new installation copy of

    Win 7 Pro. I'd like to install this version of Win 7 on the laptop BEFORE upgrading to Win 10 so I will get the Pro version of Win 10.

    If I upgrade to Win 7 now, after having received the notice that Win 10 is ready to install, will I get Win 10 Pro? If not, what do I need to do to be sure that I get Win 10 Pro after I have updated to Win 7 Pro?
     
    Frank Abrams, Nov 20, 2018
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  4. 2016 Laptop came with Win 10 Pro Disc and Win 7 Pro Loaded, can I upgrade using same...

    Win 7 Home > Win 7 Pro upgrade AFTER MS pre-loads my Win 10 stuff

    I have a laptop running Win 7 Home Premium and late in July I invoked Get Win 10. Now, I have the notice that Win 10 is ready to install on the laptop.

    However, meantime, my son has given me an un-opened new installation copy of

    Win 7 Pro. I'd like to install this version of Win 7 on the laptop BEFORE upgrading to Win 10 so I will get the Pro version of Win 10.

    If I upgrade to Win 7 now, after having received the notice that Win 10 is ready to install, will I get Win 10 Pro? If not, what do I need to do to be sure that I get Win 10 Pro after I have updated to Win 7 Pro?
     
    Frank Abrams, Nov 20, 2018
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