to another machine. This is well discussed and not a Windows strength.
2. Your choice. Here we only get W10 requests with a rare call for older OSes.
Finally if it did run W10 the good news is no CD KEY or such is required. Microsoft's new digital entitlement means I can clean install W10 without hunting for license keys.
I can't answer the need to buy W7. There are some dozen license systems so I don't know which you own.
Okay,I just purchased an HP dc8300 with W10 from compter recycler on the bay. The seller upgraded it from 8-to 10. My old dc900 was purchased from a similar dealer. The os tag on that was Vista business and was changed over to retail W-7 Home Premium. I had it for a few years and really have it set up with all I need. I really didn't want to change os but the computer itself was in need of upgrade to a faster system. Anyway, I tried W8 bit I'm an old guy and it seemed to be so foreign to what I was used to.. I tried to make w7 look more like 7 but it still seems "harsh" to me. Squarish, brighter/harsher ect. Anyway I tried putting the W7 drive in the new one but it froze as the gui stars up. I redid the mbr but to no avail. I would eventually like to dual boot if I could. My questions are:
1. Can i use that drive in the new computer ? I made an image of it on the W10 drive. I have a w7 64 bit retail disk, can it be loaded on that new computer if needed and use the activation. Will a new W7 purchase needed ?
2. The best way to handle the sale of mine. Reload W7 Home Premium with my disk and not activate it or ship with a reformatted drive. Someone who looked a windows activation file of the W 7 said whoever loaded the W7 originally did something different and the new owner might have issues with it. I never did as it said activated and always got updates. I would rather avoid issues and make the sale as seamless as possible.
Thanks for any help. GBY

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