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Licence questions about home premium retail version
Hello
I have windows 7 home premium , but apparently it is OEM, so cannot take to another machine or when I do a big upgrade. If I do the windows free upgrade to windows 10, it is still apparently tied to the computer.
I was looking at buying windows 10 home premium retail but have a few questions.
Firstly, I understand it is not tied to specific hardware, but can only be on one PC at a time. Is that correct?
I understand windows 10 is the last OS microsoft will make, so it makes sense to be able to use it in future computers if I buy another , or if I do large upgrades to the hardware. Is that also true?
Could I run dual boot with windows 7 and 10 in the mean time, with separate licences & keys for each on the same machine?
Can windows 10 home premium do software raid, specifically striped drives? My present OS cannot.
I am looking to maybe using windows 10 for entertainment like gaming so can use directx12, and also linux for everything else. Apparently linux does not need to be reinstalled if you change a lot of hardware. Windows obviously does.
Thanks
Last edited by ianmozzy; 03 Jul 2016 at 06:45.