Windows 10: How do I activate new windows 11 install with an old windows 10 bootable thumbdrive?

I have a windows 10 thumbdrive that I bought a while ago but couldn't find. So I made a windows 11 installation drive and used that for my new computer. I found the old drive and would like to use that license to activate windows on the new computer. Is this possible to do without completely wiping the computer and starting over?All I have is the drive, I don't have the old packaging with the license number. If I remember right, the windows 10 license I bought should allow for 3 machines.

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What would you like to see in Windows 8

first ones not bad. floppies are dead, thats a good step up.

activation? i've never had issues with that.

 

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 on New PC?

I'm going to be building a new PC on Christmas and want to install Windows 10 on it. I have Windows 10 on my current PC, which I installed upgrading from 8.1 with the files on a USB. How do I go about installing a clean copy of Windows 10 on this new PC? I think I recall something about installing it once makes Microsoft recognize your hardware, but since this will be a PC I'm not sure what steps I need to take. Do I need to go 8.1 -> 10 or is there a method of going directly to 10?