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Anytime you need to reinstall Windows 10 on that machine, just proceed to reinstall Windows It will automatically reactivate. You will prompted to enter a product key a couple times through the installation, click I don't have a key and Do this later. Threats include any threat of suicide, violence, or harm to another.

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Can we upgrade to Windows 10 again for free? If so, how can I upgrade it? Thank you. To upgrade from Windows 8. The in place upgrade will upgrade the computer to Windows 10 without you losing the data and programs. However, before upgrading to Windows 10, we would like to know if you have purchased license for Windows We will need a valid copy of license to activate Windows. Let us know if you need any further assistance, we will be glad to help you further.

Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. When you already have 8. If you do a clean installation, it begins by formatting your drive, thereby removing everything on the drive-- all your programs, data files, etc. If you do an upgrade, it's installed over the top of what's already there, so you should lose nothing.

So be sure to choose an upgrade, not a clean installation. So it's prudent to be sure you have a backup on external media of all the files important files important to you. One other point: your question suggests that you don't do regular backups of all your important files. If that's the case you've been playing with fire.

Almost everyone should be backing up to external media regularly. It is always possible that a hard drive crash, user error, nearby lightning strike, virus attack, even theft of the computer, can cause the loss of everything on your drive. As has often been said, it's not a matter of whether you will have such a problem, but when. I have activated the Windows 10 pro with Windows 7 or Windows 8. I have the same question Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit.

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