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I have a genuine windows 8.1 laptop. One of my friend downloaded and made a windows pro pen drive and installed it. Can I install windows 10 pro using the same USB and stay genuine or Do I have to download windows home ?
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I have a genuine windows 8.1 laptop. One of my friend downloaded and made a windows pro pen drive and installed it. Can I install windows 10 pro using the same USB and stay genuine or Do I have to download windows home ?
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You will have the chance to upgrade to 10 via windows update if you registered/register to get the upgrade. It will downloaditself and after it's complete you will be able to upgrade your 8.1 pro to 10 pro.
Copied this:
"By default, Windows 10 builds are pre-keyed, meaning, you do not have to enter a product key and should not be prompted to enter one even after Windows 10 has completed setup if you upgraded from a activated Windows 7 or Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 license."
from here
Other parts of the article say, once you have upgraded to 10 (from 7, 8, 8.1) and activated it you can reinstall competely.
Can I perform a clean install using the Free upgrade? No, it will require that you are running a previous qualifying version and start the upgrade from within the qualifying version. You can initiate a clean install after completing the Upgrade.
I cant upgrade via windows update because my internet is very slow, So can I upgrade from windows 8.1 home to win 10 pro without any problems via usb? – Bharat – 2015-07-30T09:16:29.757
I'm not sure about the cdkey you have (if you have) for your 8.1 will work on 10. :/
Edited my answer – Shapperd – 2015-07-30T09:17:55.890
So what do you suggest.. should I install or not? – Bharat – 2015-07-30T09:23:49.920
1It say's you shouldn't until you upgraded once from your computer. Because you won't have cd key. – Shapperd – 2015-07-30T09:25:19.640
What should I upgrade to , windows 10 home or pro? As my windows 8.1 is genuine I do have a CD key..right? – Bharat – 2015-07-30T09:26:37.867
If you have 8.1 Pro then it wil upgrade itself to Pro when the time comes.
Edited my answer, added a picture see. – Shapperd – 2015-07-30T09:29:29.917
Let us continue this discussion in chat.
– Bharat – 2015-07-30T09:31:07.713