Windows 10: Windows 10 digital License key is gone and I can't transfer it to my new PC.

Hello everyone, I recently built a new PC and I decided to reset my old one before trying to activate the new one. I had already installed Windows 10 on the new one from a usb that contained the installation media. I logged into that new PC, and everything was working fine but I still needed to activate windows. However, by this time I had already reset my old computer and didn't have access to the old code. Furthermore, I accidently took steps to box myself in from every angle when I decided to follow an article that instructed me to run cmd to remove the code from my old PC. After doing this

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Transfer digital license from old PC to New one.

You would have to first ensure the Digital License is linked to your Microsoft Account. See instructions how to do that. You can then use the Troubleshooter on the new computer after installing Windows 10 to restore the license.

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Please note, if your license was upgraded from a OEM preinstalled Windows 7 or Windows 7 license, it is not transferable.

See:

• How to Transfer your Windows 10 License to a New Computer

 

transfer digital license

a windows site suggests de-activating a device to transfer the -license' / key - to a new device. Is this true and possible in the case of --transfer digital license-- ???

 

Digital License after transfer license to new computer

Uninstalling a product key does not deactivate the license, there is actually no deactivation method. You would still need to contact support to actually invalidate the license on the old machine, so it can reactivate on the new machine.

Transferring the license is a step by step process.

First, you either remove the license from the machine by formatting it.

Install it on the new machine.

Contact chat support, then reactivate.

Where Digital license is handy is when you are still using the machine and reinstall Windows 10 and need to reactivate the license after a significant hardware change, such as a hard disk.

Learn more:

http://www.groovypost.com/howto/transfer-window...