Windows 10: How to activate windows with original installation USB

Discus and support How to activate windows with original installation USB in Windows 10 Updates and Activation to solve the problem; Hello folks, I installed Windows 10 about six years ago on my PC from a USB i purchased from Microsoft. I recently cloned my hard drive, as I was... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Updates and Activation' started by Kevjh22, Dec 8, 2020.

  1. Kevjh22 Win User

    How to activate windows with original installation USB


    Hello folks,


    I installed Windows 10 about six years ago on my PC from a USB i purchased from Microsoft. I recently cloned my hard drive, as I was upgrading to an SSD. Everything went well, but now i have the activation watermark. I still have the original installation USB. Is there some way to get the key from that? Or can i run the setup again from the USB without risking it trying to install Windows again. I jist don't want it to do anything weird like format my drive. Any help would be appreciated!


    Thanks!

    :)
     
    Kevjh22, Dec 8, 2020
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  2. thraxed Win User

    Installing windows off of a USB stick

    Step By Step from vista:
    From admin cmd prompt

    1. diskpart
    1a. list disk
    2. select disk 1 (replace 1 with your usb drive)
    3. clean
    4. create partition primary
    5. select partition 1 (replace 1 with your usb drive)
    6. active
    7. format fs=fat32
    8. assign
    9. exit

    Copy Windows Vista's DVD ROM content to the Flash Drive

    xcopy d:\*.* /s/e/f e:\ (d being your vista cd and e being your usb stick)

    And that's it, boot off your usb disk
     
    thraxed, Dec 8, 2020
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    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
     
    exodusprime1337, Dec 8, 2020
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  4. How to activate windows with original installation USB

    Installing Windows 7 via USB flash drive!

    Its weird tho cause I have no problem with installing from disc. I did change it back to boot from HDD. I really dont want to uninstall all my components, kinds defeats the purpose of installing from usb. it would take longer to disconnect and reconnect after install then it would to just install from dvd.

    Do you think its beacuse the drive was formated in ntfs, thats the only step I did different from the OP. Well that and the bootsect /nt60 command before coping files.

    heres they way I went, probly have to try it fat32

    launch diskpart.exe)
    select disk 1 (or your USB drive number, use list disk to get it)
    clean
    create partition primary
    select partition=1
    active
    format fs=ntfs
    assign
    exit

    Now that the drive is boot aware, we have to initialize its boot sector with the Windows boot manager (BOOTMGR), using the Bootsect.exe utility located in the boot directory of the Vista installation DVD. We have to tell the utility that our target drive is NTFS formatted:

    bootsect.exe /nt60 f:
     
    ShRoOmAlIsTiC, Dec 8, 2020
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