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‎08-10-2016 03:36 PM

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Hello again - I hope you are well. I bought and installed the Travelstar 1T hard drive you recommended and am now trying to load Windows on it. Which edition of Win 10 do I select - as it has to match whatever the free upgrade was for my digital entitlement to work!
Rebecca Goveia
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‎08-10-2016 06:11 PM

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Depends on what it was upgraded from to Windows 10. Odds are it is plain old Windows 10 (Home) 64 bit. But if it had Windows 7 Pro it would have upgraded to Windows 10 Pro. 

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‎08-11-2016 09:08 AM

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Okay thanks. I had Win 7 Home Premium 64 so I downloaded Win 10 Home x64 on a flash drive. I booted it from that and chose my language settings, accepted the terms & conditions, then clicked "Set Up". It then asks me for a Product Key, which I do not physically have for Win 10 - I have the digital entitlement license. So I clicked on Skip and now I have to select which choice: UPGRADE OR CUSTOM? I believe I should select CUSTOM (Advanced) but want to make sure. Please advise - thanks!
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‎08-11-2016 09:14 AM

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Or should I have entered my Windows 7 product key when asked, instead of hitting SKIP?
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‎08-12-2016 04:58 AM

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Skip is right...custom allows clean install so that is right, too. 

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