How to upgrade from win 10 home core edition to win 10 pro with product key on Omen laptop 2019

[ebenhu]

I made it after a long, long , log journey through every kind of settings etc... 

i had to delete everything and make a clean install of win home from the bios as it doesnl let me install directly win 10 pro

then i had to update to the last update and then instal with the generic key then update then finally upgrade with my genuine win 10 pro key and it worked!!!

I lost all my apps and my user profile is in a backup somewhere and i have to install everything again, really anoying.

Thanks everybody to try to help.

[IT_WinSec]

Thank you for the update. Glad to hear the good news.

Once you set everything up, you may consider learning more about system images / Windows system image recovery. This is just for future reference

A system image is an exactly copy of all data on a drive volume/on a hard drive (like a mirror copy of your drive or drive volumes). This copies all - your Windows, data, settings, apps, everything. 

If the hard drive fails or critical software files become corrupted, such as when a virus infects a system, you can restore all of your files, data, apps, the system image - to return the contents of your computer to the time when the image was created. By default, a system image includes the drive(s) required for Windows to run. It includes Windows, your system settings, programs, and files. When restoring a computer from a system image, you cannot choose individual items to restore. All of your current programs, system settings, and files are replaced with the contents of the system image.

• You will need Windows 10 installation USB media (similar to the one you created now)
• You will need an external USB hard disk drive to store the images on

Here are instructions:

>> https://www.supportvideos.ext.hp.com/detail/video/2221394444001/using-a-system-image-to-restore-an-h...

>> https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10/how-to-create-a-system-image-in-windows...

>> https://support.hp.com/nz-en/document/c03544793

Some instructions mention or show Windows 8, but it is exactly the same for Windows Vista/7/8/10

Best regards,

IT_WinSec