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Re: [OM] OT: Win10 - I Am Not Alone

Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Win10 - I Am Not Alone
From: Jez Cunningham <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2016 07:09:55 +0100
I have now made a recovery flash drive ok..

On Wednesday, 29 June 2016, David Thatcher <plusphoto@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The way I read it was that the old W7/W8 license key will not work with
> a W10 reinstall.
>
> There is a process, once the upgrade is performed that will allow the
> user to generate a recovery DVD or USB stick, but that will only work
> for the particular hardware it was built on (the activation is keyed to
> hardware ID things like the ethernet MAC address) - so no W10 license
> key is required (failed hardware is going to be a problem though).
>
> Some users have reported issues with creating the recovery disk on the
> forums, and there are answers posted.
>
> davidt
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 09:16:37PM +0100, Jez Cunningham wrote:
> > I haven't tried to make a backup yet.
> > But I assume (yeah, right) that my Win8 license number will work.  If
> > there's any sort of issue, I'm sure I won't be alone.
> >
> > On 28 June 2016 at 20:46, John Hudson <OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx <javascript:;>>
> wrote:
> >
> > > If for any reason you have to reinstall your free version of Win 10 are
> > > free reinstall copies also available and will they continue to be free?
> > >
> > > jh
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