Windows 10: Existing Windows 7 COA used to authorize a Windows 10 Install.

Hopefully someone can give me a direction on this issue.


I have recently purchased an off-lease HP Z420 workstation that came without an HDU for my own personal use. I installed a 500GB SSD into the machine and used the Microsoft install tool to burn a W10 install onto a thumbdrive and subsequently installed W10 to the Z420. I'm not entirely sure how but this machine authenticated the W10 install through my Microsoft account. It is not asking for a COA and it runs perfectly with apparently all of the W10Pro features. I've subsequently found an authentic HP Windows 7 COA stuck to the underside of the computer and I surmise that this is the COA associated with this machine. Can I or should I use this W7 COA to license this machine and if so how? or should I continue with the current situation of "Windows is activated with a digital license linked to your Microsoft account"?


regards, Paul A

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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.

 

Installing Windows 10 using Windows 7 key

Hi guys,
Okay, so I wanted to know, I currently have a pc at home with a paid Windows 7 installed. I am getting a new computer either Friday or Monday with an SSD. Seeing as I want Windows 10 now and not 7 and I want it on my SSD how to I get to do this. I already downloaded a Windows 10 file in order to make one of my flash drives eligible for a windows 10 installation.

Will it be possible for me to just install windows 10 on the new SSD with this flash drive using my Windows 7 key, whilst my original windows 7 is still installed on the old Hard drive. And if it is how to I go about deleting my old OS from the HDD, seeing as I also want to use that HDD in my new pc, without formatting all the games I have on it currently?

Thank you in advance

 

Installing Windows 10 using Windows 7 key

Two quick ways to use your Windows 7 key during the install:

1. When asked for the serial #, put in that Windows 7 serial # and continue on. It should activate as soon as it hits an internet connection.

2. When asked for the serial #, at bottom of window click on the I don't have a serial # text (or whatever it says). It will then ask what version you want to install, ie. Home or Pro. Be sure to install the right version that matches your Windows 7 key. Then once you get into windows you can activate by putting in the key. Some people prefer this method, not sure why honestly. Easier to do #1, since the installer will see your key and know which flavor of Windows 10 you are trying to install.