Thanks Cris!
Should anyone be interested here is the PCWORLD article where I
discovered this approach.
https://www.pcworld.com/article/3400840/how-to-get-windows-10-cheap-or-even-for-free.html?utm_source=Adestra_medium=email_content=Title%3A%20How%20to%20get%20Windows%2010%20cheap%20(or%20even%20for%20free)_campaign=PCWorld%20Top%20Stories%20%40PCWorld_term=Editorial%20-%20Top%20Stories%20%40PCWorld_date=20190706200928
At 01:29 PM 7/6/2019, you wrote:
It'll work fine.
On Fri, Jul 5, 2019 at 5:57 PM Winterlight
wrote:
>
> OK Chris but my concern is that after I install Win10 on a separate
> mSATA and if it works...take it out and put back the legit Windows 8
> Pro Media Center mSATA will that dive/OS be unaffected by the Win10
> install OR will my BIOS somehow ONLY be linked to Win10 PRO mSATA
>
>
> At 03:17 PM 7/5/2019, you wrote:
> >If it were a business environment I would say don't do it you're breaking
> >the license. In an home environment... well, you're breaking the license,
> >but frankly MS won't care.
> >
> > From a purely legal standpoint, once you convert the license to activate
> >windows 10 it's no longer a valid license for windows 8.
> >
> > From a purely legal standpoint, while the upgrade still works fine, the
> >free version bump stopped being available from MS sometime in 2017. Just
> >because it activates doesn't mean it's licensed.
> >
> >On Fri, Jul 5, 2019 at 3:56 PM Winterlight
> >wrote:
> >
> > > I read on PC World that is still possible to use a Retail Windows 7
> > > or 8 PRO key to clean install free to Windows 10. I had a mini
> > > computer running windows 7 pro so I tried it and so far it seems to
> > > have worked. Windows 10 Accepted the key and installed. Of course I
> > > won't be sure for a couple of months ... I might get a message from
> > > MS at any time.
> > >
> > > However, since that worked I am thinking of using another windows 8
> > > PRO 64 bit key I purchased direct from MS and never used. I have
> > > another mini computer that is running windows 8 Media Center. I don't
> > > want to loose it quite yet and I do not want to dual boot so my plan
> > > is to remove the mSTATA drive from the LIVA mini PC and put in a new
> > > bigger mSTATA drive and then use my unused Win8 Pro key to install
> > > Win10 pro. Once I do that I will have win10 pro registered to the
> > > BIOS and it should be good for life. Then, for the time being I put
> > > my Win 8 with media center mSATA drive back in.When I am ready to
> > > make the move to Win10 all I have to do is put the Win10 mSata drive
> > > back in. Or is it that simple.
> > >
> > > My only concern is that MS won't allow me to go back to my old mSATA
> > > with Win8 media center even though the Win 10 mSata was installed
> > > with a different Win 8 Pro key. What does the collective think...safe
> > > to do ... maybe ...won't know till I try it?
> > >
> > >
>
>
