And I would have to walk you through getting the key off the drive that don't boot. That is a Portable app too so it will not be installed when you run it. The one on the side of the tower is most likely Windows 7, and will not be the same as the Windows 10 one you will see in Produkey. I don't think I would worry about the Product Key, I just really wanted to know if they were the same. Last Operation: Remove System Restore checkpoints Perhaps this bit, from the quite-short SetupDiagResults.log file are of interest?:Įrror: SetupDiag reports fatal migration plug-in failure. Downloaded and ran, but the log files are huge and I'm not sure exactly what to look for. Will see if I can determine the (presumably) two different Windows keys.Īnd thanks for pointing to SetupDiag. I guess that leaves me with two questions/issues: 1) how to get the system to boot from the windows install USB (I just tried a new USB drive created using a different computer, but haven't tested yet to see if it functions any differently) and 2) is there something in the BIOS that's going to make removing the old system drive an issue in general (at this point I'd be happy to take it out and leave it out of my system? My files are all backed up, and starting fresh seems best.ĭiscovering my 'new' system drive was essentially not my main system drive nor (it seems now) a functioning system drive at all (I've been using my computer all morning w/o it plugged in, seemingly to no effect at all) was a revelation, but if anything makes me think a total OS clean install would be good. This was the point I was at before posting here-feeling like I've exhausted my options (at least those that I felt capable of executing) for repairing the current installation. I'd actually be very happy to do a clean reinstall at this point.

Windows 10 has ruined my computer