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Discus and support retail windows 10 USB questions in Windows 10 Support to solve the problem; Does the windows 10 Home USB drive that you buy at your local electronics store contain both the home and Pro editions or just the home edition.... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Support' started by ssandoval83, Jan 7, 2016.

  1. retail windows 10 USB questions


    Does the windows 10 Home USB drive that you buy at your local electronics store contain both the home and Pro editions or just the home edition.

    reason being that I used the free upgrade to windows 10 pro on my laptop and my HDD crashed now I need to load a fresh copy of 10 on to it and I only have a USB drive for 10 home.

    I have no problem downloading the ISO, but at the speed of my internet that will take about 24-26 hours depending on the traffic with the ISP.

    Thanks ahead.

    :)
     
    ssandoval83, Jan 7, 2016
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  2. willsonso Win User

    added a new motherboard/SSD, will i need to buy a new retail window as well?

    Hello, i got a question regard on retail window 10, i recently brought a window 10 usb retail version from my local computer shop and activated, couple of days ago my motherboard die and a new motherboard/SSD is on the way, will i need to buy a new retail
    window as well?

    Sorry for my for broken English.

    OT:

    retail window 10
     
    willsonso, Jan 7, 2016
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  3. leicash Win User
    Is the Window 10 Pro we purchase online @ microsoft retail or oem?

    Sorry this might be a repeated question.

    just want to know if the window 10 usb/download version retail or oem version?

    if it is Retail version ?

    can i know if it is transferable? if i upgrade my computer example change motherboard ?

    Sorry for the english.
     
    leicash, Jan 7, 2016
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  4. topgundcp Win User

    retail windows 10 USB questions

    When you buy a Windows 10 Home at the store, you also buy the license key which you don't need. If your internet speed is slow, maybe you can ask your friend or family member who has fast internet to download for you then re-install to a new HD on the same PC. Windows should be activated automatically
     
    topgundcp, Jan 7, 2016
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  5. Oh OK thanks alot.
     
    ssandoval83, Jan 8, 2016
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  6. NavyLCDR New Member
    If the retail USB only has Windows 10 Home on it, then install Windows 10 Home. Go to the activation screen and change the product key to Windows 10 Pro:
    VK7JG-NPHTM-C97JM-9MPGT-3V66T

    The download to upgrade Home to Pro will be much smaller than the entire ISO download. If you had Pro activated before on that computer, it will activate again.
     
    NavyLCDR, Jan 8, 2016
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  7. that makes sense.
     
    ssandoval83, Apr 4, 2018
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