Upgraded from 8.1 OEM - Will I be able to activate 10 on a new drive?

Hi,

I upgraded from 8.1 on my laptop (OEM Windows, so I don't have the actual key printed anywhere). I now want to replace my boot drive- not clone, but remove and replace it with an empty drive on which I will install Windows 10 from scratch (using bootable USB).

According to ProduKey, I have two windows keys:
1) Windows (BIOS OEM Key)
2) Windows 10 Home

Will I be able to activate the fresh Windows install using this "Windows 10 Home" key?

Thanks!

Hi,

I upgraded from 8.1 on my laptop (OEM Windows, so I don't have the actual key printed anywhere). I now want to replace my boot drive- not clone, but remove and replace it with an empty drive on which I will install Windows 10 from scratch (using bootable USB).

According to ProduKey, I have two windows keys:
1) Windows (BIOS OEM Key)
2) Windows 10 Home

Will I be able to activate the fresh Windows install using this "Windows 10 Home" key?

Thanks!

You do not need a key as your PC already has digital entitlement - when installing Windows 10 Home to the new drive, skip key entry - if online it will activate based on the existing information on MS activation servers.

Awesome, thanks!

Awesome, thanks!

You're welcome!

(BTW... there are better alternatives to Produkey... )

Cool, which ones are those?

Will I be able to activate the fresh Windows install using this "Windows 10 Home" key?

You will not be able to use the generic Windows 10 product keys to activate Windows 10.

Windows 10 Home: TX9XD-98N7V-6WMQ6-BX7FG-H8Q99
Windows 10 Pro: VK7JG-NPHTM-C97JM-9MPGT-3V66T

I upgraded from 8.1 on my laptop (OEM Windows, so I don't have the actual key printed anywhere). I now want to replace my boot drive- not clone, but remove and replace it with an empty drive on which I will install Windows 10 from scratch (using bootable USB).

Activation FAQ for Insider Preview Build 10565, 10576 and above - Microsoft Community

Q: How do I activate a clean install of Build 10565 or higher?

If Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 was pre-installed on your device by the OEM, you will not need to enter a product key -- the product key is provisioned in firmware and it will be used automatically in setup.

So you do not receive the following screen.

Cool, which ones are those?

Solved Showkey - Windows 10 blog

Everything went smooth, thank you guys again