Windows 10/ Windows 7 LIC Key

[Chubbs]

I know its a long shot but i don't suppose anyone has one lying around not being used? My nephew is at that age where he thinks he knows everything about computers yet he still calls me every week to say he has a virus etc.

I'm getting one of my old laptops up and running as a little project for him.

Thanks

[Nomoreheroes]

Has it had Windows on it before? Over Xmas I've downloaded Windows 10 onto 2 laptops. One with a new sad and the other had Windows 8 overwritten by Ubuntu. Neither required a licence.

[Chubbs]

Has it had Windows on it before? Over Xmas I've downloaded Windows 10 onto 2 laptops. One with a new sad and the other had Windows 8 overwritten by Ubuntu. Neither required a licence.

I've had to put a new HDD in it, so its a fresh install.

[Nomoreheroes]

I put a new SSD in one of mine with a fresh install - No licence key required.

Download Media Creation Tool from here and follow instructions:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10

[Whits]

the license key for windows 10 is stored on the bios not the hdd so if the pc has had windows 10 on before it should be ok

[stfcinbmth]

Get a Win 7 product key from EBay then upgrade to 10 with this link https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/accessibility/windows10upgrade

[Chubbs]

the license key for windows 10 is stored on the bios not the hdd so if the pc has had windows 10 on before it should be ok

Unfortunatelt not, its a old laptop.

Never mind, thanks for the help, i'll go for plan b

[Barry Scott]

Like stfcinbmth says, just get something like this. Find one like the below and they even email it, it's just a few quid and is as easy as downloading a torrent.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/322365533426

Then download the ISO from the below.

http://mirror.corenoc.de/digitalrivercontent.net/

[Flashheart]

Can you still upgrade from 7 to 10 for free? I thought that was coming to an end.

[Peter Venkman]

Can you still upgrade from 7 to 10 for free? I thought that was coming to an end.

It was supposed to stop at the end of July this year but I have upgraded 4 PC's in the last couple of weeks from 7 to 10 and its still free...currently.

[Chubbs]

All sorted now, cheers.