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nitsuga
Jan 1, 2007

I think you're going to have to reinstall Windows 7, then upgrade to Windows 10. I called MS when I had a similar situation, and they wouldn't budge.

Anyway, I'm a little rusty with this, but how is Magical Jelly Bean these days? I'd try that (in 10), but I'm not sure that will get your WIndows 7 key. They have an Extractor: https://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder/

Otherwise, this is Microsoft's guide: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/instantanswers/1235b5b0-bf94-4b77-9cbd-1c1a8337070c/going-back-to-windows-7-or-windows-8.1

The guide does suggest a restore may work. At which point, you could run the extractor and get your key.

Anyway, I'm guessing this is a PC you built yourself. If it isn't, you could probably do a factory restore and once again run the extractor. Worst case scenario, you need to get your hands on a new key, and there was a guy selling them in SA-Mart.

Let's see here... #2 - No, you should be fine, you're just attaching a new drive. #3. Reformat your hard drive, install Windows 7, then upgrade. That's the cleanest you can do unfortunately. #4. See #3.

EDIT: Check this out

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I also just wanted to mention that we don't even have to put it in at the media creation tool point - I actually installed Windows 10 fresh after creating a thumb drive with the install, installed Windows 10, and then used a key I'd bought from you to activate. Apparently since late last year/early this year, they've changed the installation to allow post-install activation using an equivalent key from Windows 7.

And there's the Media Creation Tool: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

nitsuga fucked around with this message at 06:12 on Jul 2, 2016

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