just install and it should auto activate
I have win10 32bit on a computer installed when win10 first came out and was the free version, and I need to reinstall it to the 64 bit version.
What can I do to make sure it will reactivate ?
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just install and it should auto activate
loopyloo (26-05-20)
I just struck a problem.
On the computer I'm setting up, I downloaded the Media Creation Tool and run it, then told it to place win10 64bit on a flash drive.
Just for kicks I tried running the install from explorer and got a message saying it cannot run on this computer. That's understandable (I think) since it's meant to be run on startup.
So, I restarted and selected the usb to boot, the windows logo came up and sat for a minute (no spinny thing) then the computer restarted itself as normal bootup.
Booting from the usb failed.
I ran into a similar problem when upgrading my laptop HDD to SSD, the Win10 recovery USB drive that I created would not boot, so I just put it on DVD & it ran fine, though it took forever to load the recovery environment from the DVD.
Maybe you can get the USB to work if you look in your BIOS settings, it's probably failing due to your BIOS boot requirements.
I was going to do this, then I thought I might be wasting my time getting it to work.
Cheers, Tiny
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loopyloo (26-05-20)
Nah nothing in the bios that's any good. I'll just make a dvd.
Another thing, do I need to have a microsoft account to ensure activation ? I do have an account but I don't think I've ever used it to sign in to a computer.
You could always all together.
I'm out of my mind, but feel free to leave a message...
Cheers, Tiny
"You can lead a person to knowledge, but you can't make them think? If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem.
The information is out there; you just have to let it in."
loopyloo (26-05-20)
This might take a while.
The optical drive decided to stop working, and after replacing it with a good one the computer won't start.
Wrath of the Penguin =)
use rufus to create a bootable usb
loopyloo (27-05-20)
If you have an OEM Windows 7/8/8.1 Key, you can still download the Windows 10 Media Creator tool from Microsoft and proceed with a legitimate activation. Otherwise, there is the Microsoft Toolkit which offers an EZ-Activator, but I would only use that for testing as it uses a botched KMS setup. Who knows where the activation signal may route.
Edit: Another forum user has mentioned another method as well:
Last edited by WhiskeyTango; 27-05-20 at 04:00 AM.
loopyloo (27-05-20)
I got the computer starting again.
Looks like it might have had a ram problem, also possible bad connections with sata data plugs or sata power plugs to drives. It took a lot of fiddling to get it going again.
So at this stage I made a usb install and a disk install. I tried the disk with the main optical and with an external optical, so I've tried to install using three methods and all fail in the same way. The windows logo comes up and sits for a minute (no spinny thing) then the computer restarts itself into normal windows.
All of this is weird because the computer works perfectly otherwise.
I'm going to try using only one stick of ram and I'll have to go through my old ones til I find one that works, of course I can't rule out a motherboard problem either, and that brings up another question. If I put another board in it, how will that effect activation ?
Last edited by loopyloo; 27-05-20 at 03:06 PM.
theres a few rules
you cannot upgrade from win 10 32 bit to 64 as a upgrade or within windoz, must be boot from cd or usb
best way is to d-l the win 10 iso from ms site, use rufus to create usb install, latest version is best and pick mbr & uefi
wipe ya 32 bit partitions & start fresh
after, get this sic lil activator call hwid or something & ya done,
you can skip sign in with ms crap by simply not being on net during install, use local account & no product key
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loopyloo (27-05-20)
At a guess, 32bit was there for a reason -- what's the computer specifications?
loopyloo (27-05-20)
Yeah I put win7 on it years ago and accidentally put the 32bit version, so the win10 update ended up 32bit also.
It's a HP m7571a 2.8 dual core 4gb ram 1TB drive. More ram would be better but I'm poor. I use it for cad work and it's been working fine with that but I need to add a couple of extra programs that need 64bit.
Irrelevant of that, the win10 install should at least bootup so I can try it out, but something is not ticking the right boxes.
I know the install should boot because it booted fine on two other computers.
Last edited by loopyloo; 27-05-20 at 08:49 PM.
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