win 7 ultimate retail to win 10 free download


  1. patrick1966
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    win 7 ultimate retail to win 10 free download


    Will I be able to use my win 7 retail disk on another computer after MS installs the win 10 free upgrade ?
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  3. Boozad
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    The disk just contains the files needed to install, the product key is the important part. And as you're upgrading that product then theoretically no you won't be able to.
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  4. patrick1966
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    So your saying my win 7 disk I bought from microsoft will be useless If I upgrade to win 10 ? I have the product key. I've done several clean installs over the last 2 years.
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  6. Boozad
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    You will be upgrading that license to Windows 10. You can downgrade back to 7 if you want but you can't use them both at the the same time.
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  7. patrick1966
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    I dont want to install them both on the same computer. I want to install 7 retail on another computer and have 10 on this one.
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  8. ThrashZone
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    Hi and welcome to SevenForums,
    Then you'll need to buy win-10
    Preorders for 10 is 140.us for either 64 or 32 bit at I believe amazon possibly Newegg ?
    That is a oem only for 1 machine and tied to the mobo.

    Another option is to use 10 using the insiders program then it's still free but you'd have to use a M$ account beit outlook.com or Hotmail for login,
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  10. Boozad
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    patrick1966 said:
    I dont want to install them both on the same computer. I want to install 7 retail on another computer and have 10 on this one.
    I think I covered that saying you can't use them at the same time.
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