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Free Windows 10 for newbuild?
I'm fairly sure I know the answer to this, but thought I'd ask anyway before forking out more money.
Having upgraded my home built PC from Windows 7 to the free Windows 10 Pro earlier this year, I've recently been having issues with my PC not starting and have now determined it is a fault with the Gigabyte motherboard. As the machine is over 5 years old, I've decided it's time to build a new PC, but I've just realised I've missed the deadline for the free Windows 10 upgrade.
I have a retail copy of Windows 7, so could install this on the new build as the old machine will be trashed, but then I can't get to Windows 10 without paying for an upgrade.
Is this correct? I believe the upgrade is tied to the hardware, so although I have a Windows 10 DVD that would allow me to perform a clean install of Windows 10 Pro (like I did before), I guess the install would need activating as the hardware is different.
I would appreciate confirmation that I'm correct on this.
Thanks.