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Downgrading to Win8 then upgrading to Win10 again questions
Hi,
I'm currently having a weird activation problem with Windows 10, and I was considering reverting to Windows 8 and start the process again to see if that would fix things. I tried to use the 'revert to previous build' but it said it couldn't locate the required files or something and I hadn't deleted the windows.old folder or anything so it looks like I'll have to clean install Windows 8 from scratch again.
A few questions:
1) If I downgrade to Windows 8 will my original Windows 8 key still work?
2) Within the Windows 10 free offer year, can you downgrade to Windows 8 then upgrade to Windows 10 as many times as you want (without changing any hardware to cause a reactivation)?
3) If I decided to upgrade the hardware (new motherboard/cpu etc) within the Windows 10 free offer year will it still be possible to install Windows 8 then upgrade to Windows 10 again on a new setup or is this a one time only deal tied to the first hardware you installed Windows 10 on?
Thanks.