windows 7 and 10

[Brado78]

Hello, I was wondering since I really don't want to spend $100+ dollars on windows 10.D:. I was wondering if i install windows 7 and activate it with my activation key, and then upgrade to windows 10 right after, would that be considered a "clean" Install of windows 10?

Thanks Guys

 

[VirtualLarry]

No, it wouldn't be considered a "clean" install, it would be considered an upgrade install. But once Win10 is activated on that motherboard, you can do a clean install of Win10 right after.

 

[LPCTech]

Microsoft stores a hardware hash of your pc on their servers so like larry said, if you upgrade from 7 to 10 and then get a copy of windows 10 on a flash drive and install fresh the windows installation will automatically activate the first time you run updates or sooner. It will recognize that it is a pc that is entitled to a license the moment it calls home.

 

[postmortemIA]

No need to pay anything if you have Windows 7 already... what others said, only thing I can add is that you still can keep using windows 7 copy (at least on that PC) after you upgrade.

 

[tidy]

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[TheRyuu]

You've been able to do a clean install with a 7 key directly for ages now, why are people acting like you still need to do the upgrade first.

This.

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