Windows 10: Formatting a laptop

I have been asked to sort out a laptop for a client.

It current has Windows 7 on it and GWR is offering to upgrade to WIndows 10. However there are two accounts on the machine. a full one under her bosses name and a restricted one for her as guest. She bought the laptop from her company so does own it.

I am wondering whether I can just clean install and use the Windows 7 key during install. If thats the case how do I get the key?

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Attempting to Format Laptop

I am having an issue attempting to format my laptop.

When I try to format pc I get half way through the format process and then I get problem with process no changes have been made message.

Running windows 10.

Thanks

 

Maybe
Showkey - Windows 10 Forums
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You have to be careful... if showkey plus shows an OEM:SLP product key, you cannot use that to activate Windows 10 with. The safest bet is to use the genuineticket.xml method:
Clean Install Windows 10 Directly without having to Upgrade First - Windows 10 Forums

 

Is there an issue if it's an enterprise license? (Note: bought from company).

 

Yes, there would be a big issue. Enterprise can not be upgraded to consumer editions of Windows 10.

 

The problem I'm having is that we don't know the password for the boss's account and UAC pops up when you run showkey. So I'm not sure how to obtain the key.

 

If it is Windows 7, there should be a Certificate of Authenticity sticker on it with the edition of Windows 7 printed on it and the product key. Some people have posted that the COA sticker might be under the battery, but I've never personally seen one located there.

Another issue if the laptop is going to be continued to be used for work is whether or not it is joined to a domain on the business network.

 

Its now a private machine and she doesnt owrk there any more so I'm guessing not.

 

erm its actually got Windows 8 on it. Not sure if that makes a difference. I know that there are fewer issues when upgrading from Windows 8. i am tempted to run the upgrader offer and then clean install afterwards.

 

Boot it from Kyhi's rescue disk and run showkey plus from that. That will tell you what the product key is stored in bios and what edition of Windows it is for:
Windows 10 Recovery Tools - Bootable Rescue Disk - Windows 10 Forums

If you start with a clean install for the same version of Windows 10 as the Windows 8 product key in bios is for, it won't even ask you to enter a product key - it will just use the one in bios. For a clean install you can mount a Windows 10 ISO or insert a Windows 10 USB or DVD with Kyhi's Recovery running and just run setup.exe from it.

Or see my quoted note at the bottom of the link for Kyhi's recovery drive opening post.

 

Unfortunately none of those links work for me.

 

I'm waiting for the ISO to finish downloading from the Download Mirror link as I am posting this.

 

Ive just burnt the image to cd so the OneDrive links work.