Hello all,
Going to try and explain as well as I can...
I recently purchased an SSD, and want to do a clean install of my OS onto it, rather than cloning.
My current OS is Win8, upgraded from Win7.
My understanding is that, due to Win8 being an upgrade version, I need to install Win7 onto my SSD first. The issue is: I cannot for the life of me find my Win7 key.
Would it be possible to do a No-key install of Win7, avoid activating, and then upgrade to Win8? I do have the Win8 product key. Otherwise, would phone activation work, even though it's a bit of an older product?
Do you guys/gals have any other solutions that might be feasible? Highly appreciated!
EDIT: completely forgot to mention my upgrade was for Win8 with Media Center.
Going to try and explain as well as I can...
I recently purchased an SSD, and want to do a clean install of my OS onto it, rather than cloning.
My current OS is Win8, upgraded from Win7.
My understanding is that, due to Win8 being an upgrade version, I need to install Win7 onto my SSD first. The issue is: I cannot for the life of me find my Win7 key.
Would it be possible to do a No-key install of Win7, avoid activating, and then upgrade to Win8? I do have the Win8 product key. Otherwise, would phone activation work, even though it's a bit of an older product?
Do you guys/gals have any other solutions that might be feasible? Highly appreciated!
EDIT: completely forgot to mention my upgrade was for Win8 with Media Center.
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