Windows 10: Restoring Windows 10 to new HDD in same PC

Hi. I have a bit of a weird problem. I have just replaced the Hard Disk in an old computer, but before doing so I created a recovery USB drive.


All went well with the installation but when the computer booted, the recovery drive installed windows 8.1 instead of Windows 10 which the computer was previously running.


Firstly, does anyone have any idea of what went wrong, and secondly, how the heck to I get back to Windows 10 without having to buy it again?


Thanks in advance,


Mike

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Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

credit to Lifehacker.

 

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?

 

Installing Windows 10 on New PC?

What's your intended PC specs ??