Windows 8 Upgrade (My old Windows 7 Key)
- Thread starter RumbleBee
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'technically' it's void as said but depending on how you did the upgrade it might not have been 'used'
I completely formatted my drives before I updated but not using my win 8 disk (I wanted to use my old xp code so I could continue with the win 7 if I wanted). When I did the install it didn't ask for any code (except win 8 one) and just required a reg edit at the end to get it to authorise (which some upgrades needed too I might add and widely shown on the web).
This basically means I can use my win 7 (well xp in my case) code still, albeit technically against the eula etc. Not that I do
If you formatted with the win 8 disk then theres a 'marker' left during install to say it was an upgrade. I found this out on second rig when I forgot to format with a non win 8 disk....
I completely formatted my drives before I updated but not using my win 8 disk (I wanted to use my old xp code so I could continue with the win 7 if I wanted). When I did the install it didn't ask for any code (except win 8 one) and just required a reg edit at the end to get it to authorise (which some upgrades needed too I might add and widely shown on the web).
This basically means I can use my win 7 (well xp in my case) code still, albeit technically against the eula etc. Not that I do
If you formatted with the win 8 disk then theres a 'marker' left during install to say it was an upgrade. I found this out on second rig when I forgot to format with a non win 8 disk....