Windows 10: Accidentally installed wrong version of Windows 10 and cannot activate; what can I do?

OK, so I recently returned my wife's laptop, which had been running Linux, to Windows 10. I then cloned the hard drive onto a new SSD and installed that. Now Windows 10 is wanting to activate and in trying to do so I discovered that I'd inadvertently installed Pro instead of Home edition distracted because Pro is what I run on my desktop pc.Can I use the Media Creation Tool to reinstall Home edition and would it mean doing a clean install and losing all the files she's created in the meantime as well as the software she's installed or is it possible to do the install as an update? Or are t

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Installing Windows 10 using Windows 7 key

Nope, you need to install Windows 10 first and make sure the Windows 7 key is transferred to your Windows account after you've installed Windows 10 (not quite sure how that works). I missed the last step and I could not activate Windows 10 after a re-install... Microsoft seem to have done everything they can to make it a PITA. Also, it's technically too late to do this now anyhow, as the upgrade offer has expired. But KMSPico works quite well...

As for getting rid of Windows, delete the Windows folder.

 

Accidentally I installed Windows on the wrong drive

I have two SSD drives. I did Windows 10 reinstallation but accidentally installed Windows 10 pro on the wrong drive (120 GB) but the other drive is 250GB. Please suggest how I can reinstall Windows?

 

windows xp installation and dual core am

could someone please list the steps they follow to install windows with a dual core processor and windows xp service pack to. I'm reletively new to amd dual core and i feel i'm missing a step. All help will be appreciated. thanx