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I'm running Windows 10 Home on my laptop and I have a spare copy of Windows 7 Pro with a key lying around. If I do a clean install of Win 7 Pro, would I be able to upgrade to a genuine copy of Windows 10 Pro?

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you dont need to install windows 7 to upgrade , download the windows 10 iso from microsoft's website 

and use your windows 7 product key to activate it

 

   

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But would it work if I did a clean install of Windows 7 and upgraded to Windows 10 Pro?

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On 4/7/2017 at 10:24 PM, djdelarosa25 said:

I'm running Windows 10 Home on my laptop and I have a spare copy of Windows 7 Pro with a key lying around. If I do a clean install of Win 7 Pro, would I be able to upgrade to a genuine copy of Windows 10 Pro?

You do not need to install Windows 7 Professional to Upgrade to Windows 10 Pro,Just install Windows 10 and activate it using the Windows 7 key.

   

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On 4/7/2017 at 10:28 PM, djdelarosa25 said:

But would it work if I did a clean install of Windows 7 and upgraded to Windows 10 Pro?

You can straight install Windows 10,no need of installing Windows 7

   

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On 4/7/2017 at 10:28 PM, Gaurav S Rao said:

You do not need to install Windows 7 Professional to Upgrade to Windows 10 Pro,Just install Windows 10 and activate it using the Windows 7 key.

Microsoft's free upgrade offer for windows 10 has ended but you can use this link if you use assistive technologies

 

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/accessibility/windows10upgrade

   

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Are You meaning you want a option to go backt to Windows 7 if you dont like it?

   

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14 minutes ago, Gaurav S Rao said:

Are You meaning you want a option to go backt to Windows 7 if you dont like it?

 

Our internet is crap right now so I can't download the file. I gotta install Windows 7 first

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https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

 

Expand the "Using this tool to upgrade this pc" tab under the install tool download button. It says if you have Win 7 Pro, it will upgrade to Win 10 Pro. I'd say download the too, create a bootable USB for Win 10 Pro, and activate it after the install with your Win 7 Pro key. It should be the same as upgrading your PC, as Windows just reads the key from your computer. I used a Win 7 Home Key from my Dad's out of commision laptop to activate my Win 10 Home install. On completely different PC.

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Just now, djdelarosa25 said:

 

Our internet is crap right now so I can't download the file. I gotta install Windows 7 first

Install Windows 7 and go to the link I posted

   

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