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I just don't understand lots of things and have couple of questions.
I have Laptop from 2010 which came with Windows 7 Home Premium (x64). It was OEM version.
I bought a key and once upgraded to Windows 8 Pro before. (It was not OEM anymore after upgrade)
But when I heard Windows 10 is going to be released and all free to upgrade from Windows 7, I thought it is great time to do fast and clean upgrade so I factory reset my pc from reserved partition to old Windows 7 and I upgraded to Windows 10 from Windows 7 home premium (oem).
Then (ding dong) I realised it upgraded to Windows 10 Home version.
I google'd and realised I could just upgrade from Windows 8 Pro to Windows 10 Pro. Right? I mean I can do this right?
Upgrade Way: (Windows 7 home premium oem (with bought cd key)--> Windows 8 Pro (freely)--> Windows 10 Pro)
Can I do this?
Also I have second question. How can I upgrade after free upgrade thing is gone later this year. From usb?
So I mean it asks product key if you clean install,
so it won't ask product key if I upgrade from usb? (for future)
My third question:
Also is there a way to use my Windows 8 Pro upgrade key on different PC (I plan to buy new desktop) without Windows 7's original version. Or can I use Windows 10 on it (with my laptop's product key/licence)?