Hi,
I recently purchased an SSD and I tried to install Windows 8.1 onto it. It turned out my product key didn't work for win 8.1, so I tried installing Win 8, which worked fine. Now I start my PC after fully installing Win 8. And it asks my product key again. Only this time the exact same key I used for the installation in the first place, doesn't work anymore. What's up with that.
Some background: I used to have Win 7, I got the Win 8 upgrade at reduced price because it was to be released a month after I bought my PC, and after a year the free 8.1 upgrade. I only have a Win 7 product key on a sticker on my laptop. And I since I didn't have my Win 8 product key anymore, I used a program called Belarc Advisor to find out what it was. I used the Win 8 product key for the installation.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
EDIT: The Win8 upgrade wasn't free. It was about 20 euros. Reduced price because I bought my PC a month before Win8 was released.
I recently purchased an SSD and I tried to install Windows 8.1 onto it. It turned out my product key didn't work for win 8.1, so I tried installing Win 8, which worked fine. Now I start my PC after fully installing Win 8. And it asks my product key again. Only this time the exact same key I used for the installation in the first place, doesn't work anymore. What's up with that.
Some background: I used to have Win 7, I got the Win 8 upgrade at reduced price because it was to be released a month after I bought my PC, and after a year the free 8.1 upgrade. I only have a Win 7 product key on a sticker on my laptop. And I since I didn't have my Win 8 product key anymore, I used a program called Belarc Advisor to find out what it was. I used the Win 8 product key for the installation.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
EDIT: The Win8 upgrade wasn't free. It was about 20 euros. Reduced price because I bought my PC a month before Win8 was released.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1