I have just completed building my new PC. Details listed
Firstly besides the various hardware items, both the HDD and the Windows 8.1 64 bit (with free Win 10 upgrade) OS had been intended for my new PC, which was necessary to replace my personal PC which had been stolen from my premises in a robbery some months ago.
Now in the interim a family member donated Acer Veriton X270 machine less HDD and OS to assist me with continuous connectivity.
Now the problem I have is that after installing the HDD and OS I activated the retail version of Windows 8.1 with the intention of upgrading to Windows 10 on when it was released. Unfortunately I discovered that I was unable to upgrade due to the Acer machine not having sufficient graphics.
To make matters worse the Acer PC failed to boot this morning due to a PSU failure.
I have installed both the HDD and OS into my new machine and receive the following message when I attempt to activate Windows:
"This product key is being used on another PC. Please try another key."
I now look forward to receiving any comments that could assist me in resolving this matter without my having to incur any further expense.
Firstly besides the various hardware items, both the HDD and the Windows 8.1 64 bit (with free Win 10 upgrade) OS had been intended for my new PC, which was necessary to replace my personal PC which had been stolen from my premises in a robbery some months ago.
Now in the interim a family member donated Acer Veriton X270 machine less HDD and OS to assist me with continuous connectivity.
Now the problem I have is that after installing the HDD and OS I activated the retail version of Windows 8.1 with the intention of upgrading to Windows 10 on when it was released. Unfortunately I discovered that I was unable to upgrade due to the Acer machine not having sufficient graphics.
To make matters worse the Acer PC failed to boot this morning due to a PSU failure.
I have installed both the HDD and OS into my new machine and receive the following message when I attempt to activate Windows:
"This product key is being used on another PC. Please try another key."
I now look forward to receiving any comments that could assist me in resolving this matter without my having to incur any further expense.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Widows 8.1 to be upgraded to Windows 10
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Owner built
- CPU
- AMD FX8350 Vishera
- Motherboard
- ASUS M5A99FX Pro.2
- Memory
- 16 GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- Galax GeForce GTX750Ti
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 24" Samsung SC300 LED
- Screen Resolution
- 1366x768 60Hz (Graphics limitation)
- Hard Drives
- 1. ADATA Premier Pro SP600 128GB 2.5" SATA6G SSD
2. Western-Digital WD10EZEX Caviar Blue 1TB 64MB Cache Sata6G 7200rpm
- PSU
- Super Flower SF-500P14XE(HX) Golden green HX500W Plus Gold
- Case
- ANTEC GX500 USB3.0 ATX Mid-Tower
- Cooling
- Coolermaster RR-212X-20PM-R1 Hyper 212X 120mm PSU fan
- Keyboard
- Logitech K120
- Mouse
- Logitech Opical
- Browser
- Firefox
- Antivirus
- Avast
- Other Info
- I have just completed building this PC which replaces the previous Acer Veriton X270 which was used in the interim.
1TB HDD transferred from previous PC for Backup and primary file storage.
8.1 64 bit OS installed (Retail Version) to be upgraded to Windows 10.