Windows 10 home to pro upgrade?

Discussion in 'Windows 10' started by heartbrake, Mar 17, 2016.

  1. heartbrake

    heartbrake MDL Novice

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    Hi, I have windows 10 home preinstalled in my new laptop. I did not get any license or dvd. I am guessing that this windows 10 home is activated with Hardware ID. I want to upgrade to win 10 pro by installing win7, daz and then upgrade. Will 10 pro activation work or not?
     
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  3. Enthousiast

    Enthousiast MDL Tester

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    Wazoo MDL Addicted

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    Create a bootable USB or CD/DVD containing Windows 7 PRO.

    In BIOS you will have to:
    1) disable "Secure Boot" - (UEFI doesn't like booting from unsigned boot media)
    2) enable "Legacy" or "CSM" (Compatibility Support Module) - this is to support MBR partition

    Then use a program like GPARTED to set the HDD/SSD for 'MBR Partition Table'.

    Windows Loader is only compatible with MBR (Master Boot Record) partitions. It does not work for GPT (GUID Partition Table) partitions.
    If you want to use GPT then you would need WindSLIC to activate Windows 7.
     
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  6. Enthousiast

    Enthousiast MDL Tester

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    I never experienced a problem with either 0 nor 1, most people use the vl iso's in combination with a kms emulator, and they don't care if it's 0 or 1 :D