To overcome this issue, you'll need to first upgrade your computer to Windows 10 so that your genuine Windows 7 or 8.1 product key can be associated with Windows 10 activation at Microsoft servers. After upgrade, you can perform clean installation without worries.
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Jun 27, 2020 · Once you've decided you need to upgrade from Windows 10 Home to Pro, you have two methods to do so. One is to do a fresh install of Pro, while the other is to install Pro on top of Windows 10 Home. We'll focus on this second method here because your computer likely came installed with Home.
Once you have the install media available in Windows 7, you can initiate the upgrade by running setup.exe as shown below. Important tip: For an in-place upgrade where applications and your data are migrated to Window 10, you’ll need to initiate the process from within a running Windows 7 session.