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Ant wrote:
Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
On 10/11/2018 11:45 PM, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
On 10/10/2018 11:44 PM, Buffalo wrote:
Is it still possible to upgrade from Win7 Pro 64bit to Win10 Pro 64bit for
free legally?
If so, how?
Thanks,
Buffalo

Try it first, using a spare hard disk. Do a clean install of Win 10
using its ISO then activate.


... using your Win 7 product key!

Will this W7 key still work for W7 though? Or it will be transfer to W10
and never used again for W7?


It still works.

There's been no feedback to suggest it is invalidated.

The Win8.1 I used on this machine to get Win10 still works.

Paul

Paul wrote:
Ant wrote:
Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
On 10/11/2018 11:45 PM, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
On 10/10/2018 11:44 PM, Buffalo wrote:
Is it still possible to upgrade from Win7 Pro 64bit to Win10 Pro 64bit for
free legally?
If so, how?
Thanks,
Buffalo

Try it first, using a spare hard disk. Do a clean install of Win 10
using its ISO then activate.


... using your Win 7 product key!

Will this W7 key still work for W7 though? Or it will be transfer to W10
and never used again for W7?


It still works.

There's been no feedback to suggest it is invalidated.

The Win8.1 I used on this machine to get Win10 still works.

Oh wow. Nice. I thought it would be transferred and not reusable on
older version. Maybe I'll try W10 retail with my 64-bit W7 HPE SP1
retail key. Wait, can multiple Windows versions and installation be used
with the same key at the same time or only one at a time?

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Ant wrote:
Paul wrote:
Ant wrote:
Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
On 10/11/2018 11:45 PM, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
On 10/10/2018 11:44 PM, Buffalo wrote:
Is it still possible to upgrade from Win7 Pro 64bit to Win10 Pro 64bit for
free legally?
If so, how?
Thanks,
Buffalo

Try it first, using a spare hard disk. Do a clean install of Win 10
using its ISO then activate.

... using your Win 7 product key!
Will this W7 key still work for W7 though? Or it will be transfer to W10
and never used again for W7?


It still works.

There's been no feedback to suggest it is invalidated.

The Win8.1 I used on this machine to get Win10 still works.

Oh wow. Nice. I thought it would be transferred and not reusable on
older version. Maybe I'll try W10 retail with my 64-bit W7 HPE SP1
retail key. Wait, can multiple Windows versions and installation be used
with the same key at the same time or only one at a time?

My assumption (untested) is the W7 install would have
to be on the same computer as the W10 one. But since
W10 activation doesn't seem to be that carefully policed
(I can never figure out from the symptoms, what you're
allowed to do), maybe you could get away with
license multiplication. Run the W7 Retail on a second
computer while running the W10 on the first computer.

As a conservative individual, I'd probably be running
that 7 and 10 on the same PC. That's what I'm doing
right now, is stacking OSes on the PC they're associated
with. (W8/W10 on this machine, W7/W8/W10/W10INS on the Test
Machine, W7/W10 on the laptop.)

And I've had one copy of W10 activate *without*
a qualifying OS being presented. But that was
early days, and perhaps a bug in the license
server.

Paul

"GlowingBlueMist" wrote in message news

On 10/10/2018 10:59 AM, Buffalo wrote:
"Weatherman" wrote in message news

Buffalo wrote:
Is it still possible to upgrade from Win7 Pro 64bit to Win10 Pro 64bit
for free legally?
If so, how?
Thanks,
Buffalo

Nope, gotta pay now.
I have heard that. This is for a friend and I am hoping there is a low
cost or still a free way to do it.
Thanks,

It's not official and I have not tried it myself but I have heard that if
you have a retail license and use that number when asked for a W10 license
number that the upgrade servers just might go ahead and upgrade your
machine to a licensed W10 machine.

If your friend has a blank hard drive or SSD it might be worth a try to
pull the original W7 boot disk and plug one of them in, then give it a try.
What do you have to loose if it don't work but a little time.

This link might give you more information on the subject as well:

https://www.howtogeek.com/272201/all...s-10-for-free/

The article the link takes you to is from January 2018 so it's always
possible Microsoft has changed things since then.
Excellent link and info.
I will tell my friend about it and offer to help him if he decides he wants
to do it.

Thanks
--
Buffalo

"Paul" wrote in message news

Buffalo wrote:
"GlowingBlueMist" wrote in message news

On 10/10/2018 10:59 AM, Buffalo wrote:
"Weatherman" wrote in message news
Buffalo wrote:
Is it still possible to upgrade from Win7 Pro 64bit to Win10 Pro
64bit for free legally?
If so, how?
Thanks,
Buffalo

Nope, gotta pay now.
I have heard that. This is for a friend and I am hoping there is a low
cost or still a free way to do it.
Thanks,

It's not official and I have not tried it myself but I have heard that
if you have a retail license and use that number when asked for a W10
license number that the upgrade servers just might go ahead and upgrade
your machine to a licensed W10 machine.

If your friend has a blank hard drive or SSD it might be worth a try to
pull the original W7 boot disk and plug one of them in, then give it a
try. What do you have to loose if it don't work but a little time.

This link might give you more information on the subject as well:

https://www.howtogeek.com/272201/all...s-10-for-free/

The article the link takes you to is from January 2018 so it's always
possible Microsoft has changed things since then.
Thanks for the idea and the link.
He doesn't have a spare HDD or SSD.

Doing "10 after 7" could be done as a multi-boot setup.

Using Disk Management, shrink the Win7 partition down,
then install Win10 in its own partition. You don't have
to offer a key right away. You don't have to activate
right away. If you decide to delete the Win10 partition(s)
later, you *will* need the Macrium Reflect emergency boot
CD with the "boot repair" option, to make Win7 boot
again when Win10 is gone.

If the C: drive content is small enough, you could
use Macrium Reflect Free to back up the hard drive
to one of these. This USB stick is $27 and is 128GB
in size, and it writes at 27MB/sec.

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...82E16820211934

Don't forget to make the Macrium emergency boot CD when
you do that. You need the emergency boot CD to boot
the computer, if restoration is required.

https://www.macrium.com/reflectfree

My favorite version of that application is version 6.
Version 6 still has imgtovhd.exe , which only I care about :-)

Paul
Excellent advice,
Thanks Paul,
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Buffalo