If I upgrade to Win 10....

[Larsenex]

Greetings. I tend to do a complete reinstall about once every year or so. The obvious question for me is if I upgrade to Win 10 from Win 7 Pro, will I be able to 're install' Win 10 again if I need to on down the line? Say 6 months AFTER the free offer expires I have the upgraded to Win 10 but want to rebuild my system.

I imagine ill have to 'reinstall 7' then wait for it to recognize my key then upgrade.

Does anyone 'inside' have information on how this process would work?

Thanks!

 

[SNGX1275]

I don't know for sure, but I have a somewhat educated guess.

My guess is you will need to get Windows 10 within the free 1 year window. You will get a license key with it, and you will need to activate it. Once you have activated it, things will be good and you can re-install at any time. If you do not have it activated within the free 1 year period you will be expected to purchase it.