Might I suggest that you generate a spare as well? :)
davidt
On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 07:09:55AM +0100, Jez Cunningham wrote:
> 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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