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Okitha
So, recently my hard drive which was running windows 10 suddenly failed. So, I bought a new HDD and installed windows 8 with my genuine key. But although windows got installed, when it came to windows activation and I entered the code, it said this
"The Product Key is already being used on another PC. Try a different key or buy a new one"
And when I went to Windows Activation through Control Panel it says error "0xC004C008 "The activation server reported that the product key has exceeded its unlock limit."
So, I know the correct procedure would be to uninstall windows on the other Hard Drive first, but its blown, and I cant even get it to start up.
So, now I am running Windows 8 Pro Build 9200 (Not activated)
If you are wondering, why I installed Windows 8 instead of Windows 10, I bought the original 8 DVD some time ago from Microsoft, and got the free update to Windows 10. I have re-installed windows multiple times on my old hard drive, and I installed 8, upgraded to 8.1, and ran the Media Creation Tool for Windows 10. It automatically takes the Win 10 key from my device. But, it doesn't work now.
Please explain me how to activate windows now, also contacting support doesn't work. As, there is no support for my country I can't try the Phone activation.
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"The Product Key is already being used on another PC. Try a different key or buy a new one"
And when I went to Windows Activation through Control Panel it says error "0xC004C008 "The activation server reported that the product key has exceeded its unlock limit."
So, I know the correct procedure would be to uninstall windows on the other Hard Drive first, but its blown, and I cant even get it to start up.
So, now I am running Windows 8 Pro Build 9200 (Not activated)
If you are wondering, why I installed Windows 8 instead of Windows 10, I bought the original 8 DVD some time ago from Microsoft, and got the free update to Windows 10. I have re-installed windows multiple times on my old hard drive, and I installed 8, upgraded to 8.1, and ran the Media Creation Tool for Windows 10. It automatically takes the Win 10 key from my device. But, it doesn't work now.
Please explain me how to activate windows now, also contacting support doesn't work. As, there is no support for my country I can't try the Phone activation.
Continue reading...