My dads old rig has expired, 99% sure the board has failed, anyway, I want to give him my old i7 870 rig which currently has 10 retail on it (upgraded from 7 retail) - this copy I intend to use with my new build - his pc being ancient has windows 10 but it's 32bit and I'm 99% sure an oem I bought from OC/UK around the time XP support ended, hence me upgrading dads pc in the first place and why I got a 32bit variant.
My question is will Microsoft allow the reuse of his oem key given his old machine is dead and if so can I use a 64bit install that I've already downloaded to a USB stick with a 32bit key?
The alternative plan is a second hand copy of 10 or 7 from the MM or eBay but I'm reluctant to do this if I can reuse his existing key.
Cheers.
My question is will Microsoft allow the reuse of his oem key given his old machine is dead and if so can I use a 64bit install that I've already downloaded to a USB stick with a 32bit key?
The alternative plan is a second hand copy of 10 or 7 from the MM or eBay but I'm reluctant to do this if I can reuse his existing key.
Cheers.