Win 10 non-genuine lock-out!

[bytes2go]

4 years ago, grandson gives me a comp, win 7, Okay? (You know where this is going.) Recent attempt at win 10 upgrade results in blue screen lock-out. I'm unable to load anything, sys tray notification that the copy is pirated.

What do I do?

I'm able to access, via DOS, my files, etc., but am unable to access anything Windows related (hope this is clear).

Is there any way I can copy my disk content via DOS to another medium? Basically, I'm asking have I lost completely everything I had on my hard drive? That there is no way under the stars I can retreive my stuff?

 

[junkeymonkey]

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2899877/windows-10-upgrades-will-remain-non-genuine-for-pirates-microsoft-says.html

http://www.cnet.com/news/windows-10-pirated-upgrades-will-still-be-considered-pirated/

sounds like you would need to do a fresh install of 7 to insure its not a illegal copy .. out side of that you wount get any help on illegal software here at toms .

its either accepted by Microsoft or its not

 

[bignastyid]

You could boot to a live linux distro like knoppix boot to it(either from a usb key or cd/dvd) and copy date to another storage device

 

[junkeymonkey]

bottom line is just go with a retail disk copy and do a legal fresh install on a fresh clean harddrive -- I never conceder any ''upgrade'' path cause if something was to go wrong you may find you got 2 os's ruined or flagged by Microsoft or what ever [opinion]

 

[bytes2go]

Firstly, don't know how monkey misconstrued my intention. The question was: is there anyway to retrieve my stuff. How he mixed that up to a question about illegality if beyond me. Any who, I did what he suggested above. I bought a retail copy of seven, installed on a new drive, then swapped drives and copied my stuff over to the new drive, which is, as I say, all I wanted all along. Thank you both for your input.

 

[junkeymonkey]

well like when I went to 7 on a new drive I just hooked my vista drive up like a storage drive and just copy and paste / drag and drop files I needed when needed from the old os to the new ??

I do this as far back as old xp drives as well - this is why I all ways install a os on its own drive and never do ''upgrades '' that write over existing os's and files

 

[bytes2go]

Smart move. One I'll do well to remember.