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Windows 10

I have a computer which did have Win 7 now upgraded to Win 10

What would happen if I reformatted it now - would it revert to Win 7 or load Win 10?

And what would happen if I reformatted it after July would I have to pay for Win 10?

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  • pappa_golf
    pappa_golf Posts: 8,895 Forumite
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    if you upgrade from win 7 or 8 (sucsessfully) you will se the following


    8wzcc7.jpg


    notice the wording says " digital entitlement" , it is now the motherboard (and other parts of the computer) that are registered with Microsoft




    What would happen if I reformatted it now - would it revert to Win 7 or load Win 10?


    nothing , you would have a dead computer


    HOWEVER , you can d/load win 10 (from m/soft site) and burn it to a dvd or pendrive , load it and skip the registration section , when the machine gets its first update , the server will read the motherboard and change the status to being "digitally entitled"




    And what would happen if I reformatted it after July would I have to pay for Win 10?


    you would do the above , whv should you pay , you are not upgrading , you are reloading
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  • aardvaak
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    pappa_golf wrote: »
    if you upgrade from win 7 or 8 (sucsessfully) you will se the following


    8wzcc7.jpg


    notice the wording says " digital entitlement" , it is now the motherboard (and other parts of the computer) that are registered with Microsoft




    What would happen if I reformatted it now - would it revert to Win 7 or load Win 10?


    nothing , you would have a dead computer


    HOWEVER , you can d/load win 10 (from m/soft site) and burn it to a dvd or pendrive , load it and skip the registration section , when the machine gets its first update , the server will read the motherboard and change the status to being "digitally entitled"




    And what would happen if I reformatted it after July would I have to pay for Win 10?


    you would do the above , whv should you pay , you are not upgrading , you are reloading

    Why would I have a dead computer if it restores factory settings from the recovery drive on the computer?
  • pappa_golf
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    however you did not mention you had a recovery section on your machine


    please read amended:


    What would happen if I reformatted it now - would it revert to Win 7 or load Win 10?


    hav,nt got a clue , it depends if your recovery section is still intact




    And what would happen if I reformatted it after July would I have to pay for Win 10?

    see above




    ps: how do you propose to format your drive , please explain how you would do this ?
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  • grumpycrab
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    edited 10 February 2016 at 10:50PM
    aardvaak wrote: »
    I have a computer which did have Win 7 now upgraded to Win 10

    What would happen if I reformatted it now - would it revert to Win 7 or load Win 10?
    If you have the Win 7 key you can still install Win 7 (you don't lose it when you upgrade to 10). Or you can install Win 10. Or create a multi-boot...
    Obviously "reformatting" means you lose everything so make sure you have saved your docs.
  • aardvaak
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    pappa_golf wrote: »
    however you did not mention you had a recovery section on your machine


    please read amended:


    What would happen if I reformatted it now - would it revert to Win 7 or load Win 10?


    hav,nt got a clue , it depends if your recovery section is still intact




    And what would happen if I reformatted it after July would I have to pay for Win 10?

    see above




    ps: how do you propose to format your drive , please explain how you would do this ?

    Thank you but why wouldn't the "recovery section is still intact"?
  • pappa_golf
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    having never had the honour of working a "factory built" PC , I mainly deal with clean installs , and indeed suggest to people that do a win 7/8 upgrade to actually reformat and do a clean install to remove all the unwanted "garbage".


    I have no idea if your original win 7 will still be there , or even after an install of win 10 will be acceptable


    so ton answer your question (which was rather vague , and missed vital info)


    if you upgrade from win 7 or 8 (successfully) you will see the following


    8wzcc7.jpg
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  • pappa_golf
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    PS , you omitted to tell me how you proposed to format the hard drive , can you explain how you were going to do this ?
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  • esuhl
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    aardvaak wrote: »
    I have a computer which did have Win 7 now upgraded to Win 10

    What would happen if I reformatted it now - would it revert to Win 7 or load Win 10?

    If you format a drive, you effectively delete its contents. You would have neither Windows 7 nor Windows 10 installed.

    If you have a Windows 7 recovery partition, you could use that to reinstall Windows 7. If you download a Windows 10 installation image, you could use that to reinstall Windows 10.
    aardvaak wrote: »
    And what would happen if I reformatted it after July would I have to pay for Win 10?

    No; you could install Windows 10 and the activation process should complete automatically if you are using the same hardware as when you initially upgraded from Win 7 to 10. Or you could use Windows 7, or a different operating system entirely.
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