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Originally Posted by danwdoo
Upgrading after a HD crash may not be necessary. Once you upgrade, you should receive a valid Windows 10 product key and will likely be able to install Windows 10 straight from that point on. We won't know for sure until MS addresses this directly, but I suspect this will be the case. Either way future reinstalls won't cost anything on that device.
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Been thru that route with the win8 upgrade key. The key is for UPGRADE in that the install checked for the existence of an acceptable OS; meaning it is a install an OS twice.
The last time (my current reinstall) the install with just the original downloaded win8, the install stated that the key was "out of date, expired". I decided to install again over whatever was installed & it worked as another dialogue said "NO" but had a selection that allowed continuing. Had to call-in for activation; but the installation included all the updates to 8.1.
However, to bad that I didn't know of another method that made the install easier because of the public win 10 technical review where it is suggested to backup or/and get the win8.1 iso just just in case of problems & the need to return to win8.1.