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GOt a few problems with free upgrade of Win 10 from Win 7
It's been a while since I did this. I decided to upgrade to Win 10 from a licensed version of Win 7. I should have read up on it better when I did it cause I think I totally screwed it up. It went through the upgrade process and installed. Win 10 was working. When I went for my files, I couldn't find any. It was like a new desktop without any programs.
I thought i had backed it up to a CD but didn't check that. It took a long time for the backup so I assumed I had it. Anyway, I'll try to cut this shorter.
I only had pictures and docs, none of my installed programs. I called MS and was on the phone for a couple of hours with them. I couldn't activate cause it said key was wrong. I couldn't go back to WIn 7 cause disk was overwritten. I am running WIn 10 and it seems to be fine. I got some program reinstalled and am able to do the work I used to. Guess I didn't need all the stuff I lost.
Problem now is that somehow my Win 10 OS is on an external SATA drive and everything else is on my C: drive. When I unplug the SATA I can't boot no matter what I do. As soon as I plug the SATA back in it works again.
I realize I have to buy a product key before my year is up but I'm afraid to change anything cause i don't want to be spending a week getting my PC back again. Main thing I want is to get the OS off the SATA and I;m afraid to do this. Any suggestions on how to do this SAFELY so I don't lose anything? Or maybe point me to someplace where I can learn about moving OS off external SATA drive. Thanks.