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DotzHyper
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31 minutes ago, DotzHyper said:

Thats what i thought but it doesnt recognize the drive when im on the tool

It's not going to treat the windows USB as a flash drive, you can use any other flash drive to make the new USB.

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I have a really old win 10 (official) key and when i use it the os is so old that it freezes during updates and stuff. Anyway, i wanted to put the updated os on it but it keeps saying that the writes are locked. Any way i can wipe it or override it?

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1 hour ago, DotzHyper said:

I have a really old win 10 (official) key and when i use it the os is so old that it freezes during updates and stuff. Anyway, i wanted to put the updated os on it but it keeps saying that the writes are locked. Any way i can wipe it or override it?

What writes are locked? You can just make a new windows 10 USB using microsoft's tool, then input the key you already have after installing the latest version of the OS.

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

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49 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

What writes are locked? You can just make a new windows 10 USB using microsoft's tool, then input the key you already have after installing the latest version of the OS.

Thats what i thought but it doesnt recognize the drive when im on the tool

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31 minutes ago, DotzHyper said:

Thats what i thought but it doesnt recognize the drive when im on the tool

It's not going to treat the windows USB as a flash drive, you can use any other flash drive to make the new USB.

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

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What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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37 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

It's not going to treat the windows USB as a flash drive, you can use any other flash drive to make the new USB.

So i cant update that one?

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31 minutes ago, DotzHyper said:

So i cant update that one?

No, you have to use a new flash drive with their tool, but you can just reuse the key

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

Spoiler

 

What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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