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Peter_Cuthbert
Hi Folks
I have updated my 12 yr old PC with a faster processor and an SSD in the hope of being able to get Win 10 to boot in minutes rather than hours.
Now the machine is back on my desk I have happily booted it with the old HDD albeit pretty slowly. Win 10 asked for an Activation key and so I gave it the key from my Win 8.1 disc. (I was forced into having Win 10 against my will). Win 10 accepted the key and things are all working much as before.
The computer repair guy put Win 10 on the SSD as an alternative boot to show off the speed. Certainly faster, but again it insisted on a Key. I gave it my trusty 8.1 Key but it spat it out saying "That's a Win 10 Home key. I'm Win 10 Pro".
As I am happy(ish) with Win 10 Home I feel that my options are:
1. Delete the Pro install and then copy the HDD drive C: etc across to the SSD. The trouble is that I suspect win 10 will not like that. After all that would be the easy option.
2. Acquire from somewhere (suggestions welcome) Win 10 Home, do a new install with my Trusty Key and then go through the whole rigmarole of having to re-install all my apps.
I would be most grateful for the advice of this learned grouping on what I should do next.
Regards
Pete
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I have updated my 12 yr old PC with a faster processor and an SSD in the hope of being able to get Win 10 to boot in minutes rather than hours.
Now the machine is back on my desk I have happily booted it with the old HDD albeit pretty slowly. Win 10 asked for an Activation key and so I gave it the key from my Win 8.1 disc. (I was forced into having Win 10 against my will). Win 10 accepted the key and things are all working much as before.
The computer repair guy put Win 10 on the SSD as an alternative boot to show off the speed. Certainly faster, but again it insisted on a Key. I gave it my trusty 8.1 Key but it spat it out saying "That's a Win 10 Home key. I'm Win 10 Pro".
As I am happy(ish) with Win 10 Home I feel that my options are:
1. Delete the Pro install and then copy the HDD drive C: etc across to the SSD. The trouble is that I suspect win 10 will not like that. After all that would be the easy option.
2. Acquire from somewhere (suggestions welcome) Win 10 Home, do a new install with my Trusty Key and then go through the whole rigmarole of having to re-install all my apps.
I would be most grateful for the advice of this learned grouping on what I should do next.
Regards
Pete
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