[SOLVED] Problem with the operating system not loading.

[Sean Egan]

My friends computer is having a problem where when he powers it up it says windows isnt being found/recognized i told him to possibly format his hard drives and do a fresh install of windows 10 but he thinking that he would have to buy a windows key again but isn't it linked to your hardware and should be fine?

 

[wpgwpg]

The Windows license is linked to the motherboard and stored on Microsoft servers, so he should be able to reinstall without having to buy a new license.