Can you still get a Windows 10 upgrade for free?
Summary
You can complete activation and remove those restrictions by entering a valid Windows 10 product key for your edition (Home or Pro). Before getting started, I recommend a few preliminary tasks that can head off potential problems: • Confirm that your copy of Windows is activated. More likely, youll see a message telling you Windows isnt activated and asking you to enter a valid product key. (If youre thinking of upgrading your old system drive to an SSD, I recommend you perform the upgrade to Windows 10 on the old hardware; after confirming that the new Windows 10 version is properly activated, install the SSD and then either restore from a backup image or boot from the USB flash drive to do a clean install. But I will say that I am personally confident in the activation status of any PC that upgraded to Windows 10 and was granted a digital license using the Media Creation Tool.