I made a mistake,not understanding the technical restrictions the Windows 10 upgrade imposes.
My 2 drive Desktop had one drive with Win 7 Pro.The other drive once had Vista OEM when the computer was new. It was formatted for storage. I have no disks or product keys. (My daughter in-law's brother installed the win 7 when my Vista drive started running very slowly. At that time he created a dual boot for me to allow me to save the files on the Vista drive on an external HDD. I did that and formatted the Vista drive.
When the free upgrade icon for Win 10 came along,I mistakenly thought that my computer (MOB) was qualified not the Win 7 HDD. During the upgrade wizard process a clean install was an option.So I installed it on the blank drive. Result was that the Win 7 Pro 32 bit drive was no longer bootable and the Win 10 Pro drive wanted activation.
I can only use this computer for browsing using Win 10.When the activation period is over, I assume I will not be able to use it.
Can I buy an OEM Windows 7 Pro 32 bit disc from Ebay and use it to repair my HDD with un bootable Win 7 Pro 32 bit? That will save my apps on that drive.Right?
I do not want Windows 10. I will be 77 years old in 2022 when Win 7 is not supported. Things will have changed, specially if I am still around and kicking!
I saw such a drive "Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 32 Bit Full Version with COA Key + 160GB Drive" If it does the job, I would like to consider this option as it is cost effective.
Thanks
My 2 drive Desktop had one drive with Win 7 Pro.The other drive once had Vista OEM when the computer was new. It was formatted for storage. I have no disks or product keys. (My daughter in-law's brother installed the win 7 when my Vista drive started running very slowly. At that time he created a dual boot for me to allow me to save the files on the Vista drive on an external HDD. I did that and formatted the Vista drive.
When the free upgrade icon for Win 10 came along,I mistakenly thought that my computer (MOB) was qualified not the Win 7 HDD. During the upgrade wizard process a clean install was an option.So I installed it on the blank drive. Result was that the Win 7 Pro 32 bit drive was no longer bootable and the Win 10 Pro drive wanted activation.
I can only use this computer for browsing using Win 10.When the activation period is over, I assume I will not be able to use it.
Can I buy an OEM Windows 7 Pro 32 bit disc from Ebay and use it to repair my HDD with un bootable Win 7 Pro 32 bit? That will save my apps on that drive.Right?
I do not want Windows 10. I will be 77 years old in 2022 when Win 7 is not supported. Things will have changed, specially if I am still around and kicking!
I saw such a drive "Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 32 Bit Full Version with COA Key + 160GB Drive" If it does the job, I would like to consider this option as it is cost effective.
Thanks