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Discus and support Clean install question in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; About to do a clean install on a PC that has 10 on it and activated. It was a windows 7 machine that had the free 10 offer installed. Will it activate... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by copiman, May 11, 2018.

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    Clean install question


    About to do a clean install on a PC that has 10 on it and activated. It was a windows 7 machine that had the free 10 offer installed.

    Will it activate when the clean install is complete? I thought the key was embedded but not sure.

    When I get to where to install it, can I delete all partitions to make the drive all unallocated and then install?

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    copiman, May 11, 2018
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