resetting W10

[TechguyES]

When i reset my pc through the windows recovery, will i be prompted to enter the windows key again?

[Daniel644]

NO. done it several times on several machines.

[Electronics Wizardy]

no, but id just reinstall the os.

[Windows7ge]

I cannot say that I'm 100% sure but I'd beg to guess no. The whole point of the recovery is to save the OS, wipe everything else off the disk and start "fresh" (not fresh in my opinion). This function wouldn't make sense if you had to re-enter the product key.

[TAHIRMIA]

No, the key is stored onto the MOBO. So you can install W7 and then go back onto W10 without putting in the key

[Windows7ge]

2 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

no, but id just reinstall the os.

People have had instances where doing this caused their Product Key to no longer work. Luke mentioned his experience with this issue in a WAN show.

[Daniel644]

2 minutes ago, TAHIRMIA said:

No, the key is stored onto the MOBO. So you can install W7 and then go back onto W10 without putting in the key

Yup, you can openly swap between 8, 8.1 and 10, I reinstalled 10 on my PC last week to get the anniversary edition to come through using a Flash Drive then last night wiped the machine again and went back to 8.1 (which is what shipped on mine) using the flash drive method, still considering reverting to 7 and buying a key for 7, it's more compatible with my work software.

[TAHIRMIA]

1 minute ago, Daniel644 said:

Yup, you can openly swap between 8, 8.1 and 10, I reinstalled 10 on my PC last week to get the anniversary edition to come through using a Flash Drive then last night wiped the machine again and went back to 8.1 (which is what shipped on mine) using the flash drive method, still considering reverting to 7 and buying a key for 7, it's more compatible with my work software.

 

He's asking if he will have to put the key in again which is why I said no