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How do I upgrade from non-legitimate Win7 to legit Win10?
So I'm helping my uncle upgrade to Win10. His computer was custom built by a friend we can't get a hold of. It has Win7 ultimate on it. It's only recently become a problem that the copy of Windows his friend included wasn't legitimate, so my uncle decided to upgrade to Win10.
He purchased a copy of Win10 and downloaded the upgrade tool. When he input the activation key, it didn't accept it. When he then used the tool from a bootable USB, he was able to input the activation key and install Win10. However, it seemed to be a totally clean install. All the drivers are missing or not working and none of the settings carried over, as it did for me when I upgraded. It's essentially unusable, and neither of us have any idea how to get the drivers for this custom-built PC neither of us had a hand in. I've reverted to Win7, and now I'm trying to upgrade while keeping all previous settings/drivers/programs. When I input the activation key in the bootable USB tool, it's now telling me that it can't verify. When I upgraded, I was able to just skip activation and the take care of activation later, well after installation. For some reason, I don't see that option now.
Any tips or suggestions? Is this typical of custom-built PCs or upgrades from non-legit Windows? Can I expect that we'll need to just clean install Win10 and then hunt down the drivers for the internal components of the PC? Any and all help will be much appreciated, thanks in advance.