I heard you can buy a windows 7 key somewhere for $20?

[Rusty_3]

and then just upgrade to 10, would anybody know where to purchase? and how to boot into windows from the bios would I need to find a disc or download something to a bootable usb to then use the key? I have a used up copy of 8.1 pro on another machine.

 

[Darkbreeze]

Any windows key that costs 20 bucks is likely to be blacklisted at some point or simply be an outright pirated or stolen product. If it seems too good to be true, it is. Microsoft does not honor illicit keys no matter where you get them or whether you have a valid purchase receipt. Places like G2A that are "gray" sites, should be avoided. If you want a legitimate copy of windows, expect to pay about 85 bucks for it. Anything else is likely to end in sorrow as can be attested to by the hundreds of threads here by people who bought similar keys, only to find the system was no longer activated at some point down the road once that list of illicit keys was blacklisted by Microsoft.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2947216/windows-activation-problem.html

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2979288/error-activate-w10pro.html


The list goes on and on.

 

[Gingerbread]

First rule of avoiding Internet Scams - if something is too good to be true, then it isn't true.

 

[guanyu210379]

There are Dell license Win7 version out there somewhere for exactly around USD20.
This is not exactly legal tho'.

 

[Darkbreeze]

There is no "not exactly legal". It's either legitimate or it's not. Officially sanctioned and supported by merchant law, or not. There is no grey area, because when it falls in the grey area, that means it's questionable. When it's questionable, that means it will end up on the Microsoft blacklist sooner or later. If you buy through a reputable vendor, and buy a genuine license, you will not have these concerns. If you buy a shady license, get it revoked, and then still have to buy a genuine one, you'll end up paying more than if you had simply bought a genuine one to begin with. End of story.