Windows 10: Windows 10 Product Key on Two Bootable Drives Sharing the Same Product Key?

Discus and support Windows 10 Product Key on Two Bootable Drives Sharing the Same Product Key? in Windows 10 Updates and Activation to solve the problem; Hi Situation: I have a 10 years old laptop that came with HDD Windows 7 Vista I still have the sticker key on Vista but it doesn't work on Win 10.... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Updates and Activation' started by Augus7, Jan 10, 2021.

  1. AUGUS7
    Augus7 Win User

    Windows 10 Product Key on Two Bootable Drives Sharing the Same Product Key?


    Hi

    Situation:

    I have a 10 years old laptop that came with HDD Windows 7 Vista I still have the sticker key on Vista but it doesn't work on Win 10.

    At the same time I installed a separate drive SSD and installed Windows 7 using my university's enterprise product key Don't have a record


    Status

    Both got upgraded to Windows 10 later in the year. And today I found out both are sharing the same product key!!!


    Problem:

    I want to take the SSD from my 10 yo laptop and boot it on a different laptop, but my concern is, how do I ensure I can still use my 10 yo laptop running HDD Win 10 without having licensing problem from Windows? Is this even possible?

    :)
     
    Augus7, Jan 10, 2021
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  2. NAVYLCDR
    NavyLCDR Win User

    My Product Key

    You can create a bootable USB, DVD or CD of Kyhi's recovery drive:
    Windows 10 Recovery Tools - Bootable Rescue Disk - Windows 10 Forums

    Boot the computer from that and it contains Superfly's Showkey Plus utility which will display any product keys stored in bios/UEFI and what version of Windows the product key is for:
    Showkey - Windows 10 Forums
     
    NavyLCDR, Jan 10, 2021
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  3. SUPERFLY
    Superfly Win User
    Product Key


    Keys are not required for the upgrade process. Windows 10 has a built-in generic key which it uses to install - it acquires the underlying Win7/Win8 activation during the upgrade process and assigns your device ID as a valid Windows 10 activated device. Subsequent installs will thus activate using your device ID. You will not require a key - should you be prompted, select "skip". Activation is automatic thereafter.

    See step 6 here: https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1...n-install.html


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    Superfly, Jan 10, 2021
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  4. GOFIGUREITOUT
    GoFigureItOut Win User

    Windows 10 Product Key on Two Bootable Drives Sharing the Same Product Key?

    Windows Product Key

    A friend of mine has an all-in-one that came with Windows 8 pre-installed. He erased the original OS thinking he could install another version of Windows 8. One thing he encountered, that he didn't expect, the BIOS/UEFI has a password. So, basically he is locked out from installing another OS. His BIOS has the product key nestled inside. Is it possible to find out which version the product key belong to?
     
    GoFigureItOut, Jan 10, 2021
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