Windows 10: Windows 10 Fresh Install - no product key

I had a copy of Windows 10 and after recent update to 1903 my PC stopper working - BSOD was happening a lot to the point I could not use the PC. Now Windows has failed and I need to reinstall Windows 10. Previously I had Windows 7 and then did the free upgrade to Windows 10 and it has been fine for several years until now.


I have tried to download a bootable version of Windows 10 from another PC to install Windows 10 - it sort of worked in that is all loaded but I could not get to the desktop as it would not accept mu Microsoft account password.


So I do not have a product key for Windows 10 - just my old PC I am using to write this which is also Windows 10.


How do I go about getting Windows 10 onto my newer PC?


Do I need to but it form the store as a download or is their a way to retrieve what I had on the PC before?


Thanks

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windows 10 key

Now that I have finally upgraded from Windows 8 to Windows 10 will my Windows 8 key work with a fresh install of Windows 10?

 

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.

 

windows 10 key

That was true with the first build. Now they have change it with the latest release of the new ISO