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Bree said:

For Superfly to be able to help, post a screenshot of what Showkey says about that key. Obscure all but the last group of characters if it shows the full key.

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@jimbobnh,

How are you trying to upgrade to Windows 10? Are you booting from a Windows 10 flash drive or running Windows 10 setup from within Windows 7? You should be running setup from within Windows 7 just like normally installing a program.

Superfly said:

After a few PM's we managed to get @jimbobnh on Win 10 - took the last of my Win 7 keys but it found a good home


He is such cool guy - like helping my dad (if only he were still here)

Really chuffed :)

Amen on that and again thanks. Saved me some hard earned work. Funny thing to mention I had downloaded it on another notebook like this (a spare) when first free but didn't like it so I made an image then went back to 7 via reflect. I deleted the 10 image for space not too long ago. That would of made it so easy if I'd known. Goes to show. Hoard everything. Ha.

I just update a Win 7 retail install to 10 using this method. Worked great and only took about an hour with a SSD boot drive. Took me right to the desktop with all my apps and icons arranged as I had left them. Amazing. No hassle about a MS account; I don't think I have one. I haven't rebooted, though. :)

This is a great how-to. Thanks.

jimbobnh said:

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Greetings jimbobnh.
Did you by any chance try the method suggested by Brink in his post #62?
Many thanks and best regards,
Upgrade to Windows 10 from Windows 7 for Free

yes I did. I did a clean install. No dice.

jimbobnh said:

yes I did. I did a clean install. No dice.

Oh well, but thanks for the kind reply.