Question Windows 10 home to pro on thinkpad keeps reverting

[tarmiricmi]

Hello,
Windows 10 Home came preinstalled on my Lenovo Thinkpad X270.
I want to do a clean install, and to that matter I prepared a USB stick created using Media Creation Tool on system with Windows 10 Pro.
Did a install, erased all previous installations and partitions and afterwards again got Windows 10 Home.
Again did total wipe of disk and installed again, same thing.

It seems that somehow the machine's hardware and Win 10 are linked, i.e. during installation Windows checks some hardware IO and detects license according to it.
I could upgrade to Pro within Home, but I want to install from the scratch Pro version.
I may even go to Win11 but not yet because it is not officially supported and want to avoid possible issues with drivers etc.

So, any ideas how to get Pro on this one?

 

[USAFRet]

You should be able to do a full wipe and reinstall of Pro, but you'll need a valid license for Pro.

During the install, it should ask you which version.
If you selected Pro, it won't just do a Home install.


Why the desire for Pro vs Home?
What specific Pro features are you looking for?

 

[SkyNetRising]

So, any ideas how to get Pro on this one?

You just input Pro key and it gets upgraded to Pro version.

Upgrade Windows Home to Windows Pro - Microsoft Support

Learn how to upgrade from Windows 10 Home to Windows 10 Pro or Windows 11 Home to Windows 11 Pro, including how to use a valid product key or the Microsoft Store.

support.microsoft.com

 

[tarmiricmi]

You should be able to do a full wipe and reinstall of Pro, but you'll need a valid license for Pro.

During the install, it should ask you which version.
If you selected Pro, it won't just do a Home install.


Why the desire for Pro vs Home?
What specific Pro features are you looking for?

During the installation, there is no mentioning nor selection of Home/Pro version. It goes without asking and every time it installs Home.

Pro has BItlocker, that is the only reason for it.

 

[USAFRet]

During the installation, there is no mentioning nor selection of Home/Pro version. It goes without asking and every time it installs Home.

Pro has BItlocker, that is the only reason for it.

As above, entering a valid Pro license will immediately boost a Home install to Pro.
I've done this on a couple of my systems.

 

[SkyNetRising]

During the installation, there is no mentioning nor selection of Home/Pro version. It goes without asking and every time it installs Home.

You do upgrade step after install is done.

 

[Corwin65]

You did purchase a new Pro license correct?