[SOLVED] Can I reinstall windows 10 after downgrade to 7?

Software & Operating Systems Windows
#1

Hello guys,

I recently downgraded from windows 10 pro to 7 pro due to some drivers incompatibilities. The downgrade process made my system incredibly unstable so that I decided to go for a fresh install of my windows 7 pro. But after a few weeks, I didn't get the "Upgrade to windows 10" icon. Does it mean I'm not eligible anymore or I only need to install Windows 10 again (through the usb installation) since my 7 pro code is also a 10 pro code?

Thank you!

#2

Microsoft has your Hardware ID's stored on their servers, so you should be able to do a clean install of windows 10 from a usb drive. Just skip the Product Key input during the installation process and wait for windows to automatically activate itself once it's done installing.

#3

Thank you,
not sure when I'll try this, but I'll keep that in mind.

Also, it is really difficult to find infos about this online...

#4

No you can't upgrade your Win 7 to 10. You have to make a clean install of 10 with a valid Win 10 Key. I upgraded a customers PC to 10 then downgraded to Win 7 again and then you can not upgrade to 10

#5

that is really unfortunate, though I cannot find any information at all about it on the microsoft website, not inside the customer q&a...

#7

You can upgrade fine. Microsoft want your data and will bend over backwards to have you on 10. The problem is if you use your windows 7 product key to go to 10 it will not let you install windows 7 again with the key. The old key becomes a window 10 key.

So there is that catch.

#8

The fact is that, I first reverted to 7 but since the process made my computer unstable, I made a clean installation of 7 pro using my key (that was coverted to a win 10 key), no problem.

Anyway, in a few days I'll try to install Win 10 from usb and see if my code is still valid and let you know guys what is the result.

#9

Thats cool I was going on what I read about upgrading. I switched to linux so I only know what I read.

#10

I upgraded again to Windows 10 and there is no problem whatsoever, seems I can upgrade from 7 to 10 every time I want if the computer's hardware is the same.

#11

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