Upgrade from Home to Pro by transferring a retail license

Hello. I've recently bought a new laptop to replace a stolen one. The new laptop unfortunately comes with Windows 10 Home, and to enable disk encryption I'd need a Pro licence. In the stolen laptop, I had a full price retail Windows 8 licence, later upgraded to 8.1 and 10 Pro.

For what I've read in this forum, my 10 Pro licence would be transferable, since it was originally a retail licence. My questions are:
- can I transfer the licence without having access to my stolen computer?
- can I do an in-place upgrade from Home to Pro in the new laptop just by, perhaps, putting my Windows 10 Pro Retail product key somewhere?

I'm a little confused about this.

Thanks a lot!

pcuron,
1. You do NOT have a Win 10 Pro license. You have a retail Win 8 (Pro ?) license which you used to upgrade to Win 10 Pro in your stolen laptop.
2. Even with a Retail license, the same rule applies ....... one key, one install.
Your Win 8 Pro retail key is tied up to your stolen laptop. You can NOT use the same key to install in another
computer.

That's how I understand it.
If I am wrong, I am sure someone will correct me.

To : NavyLCDR

But the OP's Win 8 (Pro ? ) key is used to upgrade to Win 10 Pro in the stolen laptop. Therefore, the key/license is tied up to the stolen laptop.
Isn't, one license, one install rule still applied ?

Thanks for all the replies! I'm operating under these assumptions: HOW do I transfer windows (retail license) after upgrading to Windows - Windows 10 Forums by which the licence in question would be transferable.

I don't have the install disk because I bought the .iso. I do have the original MSFT emails with the product keys. But I think NavyLCDR is right, I'll try first to upgrade using the Windows 8 product key. Then I'll contact MSFT. If that fails, I'll try with NavyLCDR's second suggestion. If everything else fails, I think I'm gonna use sinful activation methods. I don't feel like paying again for a full licence.

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davidhk said:

To : NavyLCDR

But the OP's Win 8 (Pro ? ) key is used to upgrade to Win 10 Pro in the stolen laptop. Therefore, the key/license is tied up to the stolen laptop.
Isn't, one license, one install rule still applied ?

It is the person who stole the laptop who will have the illegal Windows installation, not the OP. And if Bitlocker does what it is supposed to, that Windows installation will be inaccessible.

That computer didn0t have BitLocker. But check answer #6 here: HOW do I transfer windows (retail license) after upgrading to Windows - Windows 10 Forums

To appease the naysayers, I edited my post #4.

pcuaron said:

That computer didn0t have BitLocker.

I thought your reason for going to Pro was to encrypt the hard drive?