Installing windows after changing hard drive

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lonelypipe

Hi,

My hard drive died and I installed a new one. I previously had Windows 8 installed with proper Win 8 product key. Win 8.1 was updated to 8.1 and the free Windows 10 update was also installed.


With the new HD, I installed Win 8 with the product key, hoping to go through the process up to Windows 10. Now it is saying the Win 8 key is not being activated. Help!!


If I try to update Win 10 with my USB backup from my Windows 10 upgrade, it is asking for a key, which I don't have because it was just an upgrade.

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