Wipe a dual boot machine and reinstall Win 10?


  1. CalypsoArt
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    Wipe a dual boot machine and reinstall Win 10?


    I have an old machine that started out on Win 7. I updated/upgraded over the years and it now has two SSDs one with Win 7, the other with Win 10. I created the dual boot a long time ago from the Win 7 drive.

    I'm worried wiping will negate my Win 10 lisence since it was an upgrade not the original OS. I have the original Win 7 serial, but I don't think that is relevent to the process any more.
    At any rate, I'd like to give the machine to an elderly neighbor, so I need to wipe it and reinstall Win 10. I don't know where to begin. Anyone able to point me in the right direction, for a step by step?
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  3. NavyLCDR
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    Clean Install Windows 10

    Don't worry about a product key. The digital license for Windows 10 for that computer is stored on Microsoft's activation servers.
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