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Win 10 Upgrade
I am running Win 7 64 pro and want to upgrade to Win 10, but retain my Win 7 install.
Can I clone my Win 7 installation to a clean HDD, boot from the cloned Win 7 HDD and install Win 10 ?
I am running Win 7 64 pro and want to upgrade to Win 10, but retain my Win 7 install.
Can I clone my Win 7 installation to a clean HDD, boot from the cloned Win 7 HDD and install Win 10 ?
It violates the EULA (End Users License Agreement) to do so. You have one license for Windows and that means one installation of Windows installed and activated at a time.
Thanks NavyLCDR... for confirming what I believed to be true.
My quandry is:
I purchased a Win 7 Pro 64 machine, used, with the operating system already installed.
Before I bought the machine I checked the activation status and it shows that windows is activated and the windows 10 'upgrade icon' is displayed in the sys tray, so I bought the machine, thinking all is cool and everything should be good to go for Win 10 upgrade, but just to make sure before plunging into the upgrade I ran slmgr /dlv to see what it thought about the licensing - guess what?? - the license is a 'volume_MAK' license - but the status shows it is activated.
I'm not into piracy, but really don't want to spring for a new product key if the upgrade will work the way it is.
Do you know what MS checks before displaying the Win 10 upgrade icon? Can I assume because it is currently activated that it will upgrade ok, or should I bite the bullet and get a new product key??
Appreciate any advice from anyone!