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pro preview
About this tag
The pro preview tag on WindowsForum.com covers discussions about Windows 8.1 Pro Preview, including installation and validation issues. Users report problems with key codes not being accepted during reinstallation after a hard drive failure. The tag also appears in contexts where users consider upgrading from Windows 8.1 Pro Preview to Windows 10. Topics include troubleshooting validation errors and managing product keys for preview versions of Windows.
PC 64bit / Windows 8.1
Problem
My validated Windows 8.1 Pro Preview hard drive failed. New drive, reinstalled Windows 8.1 Pro Preview but it wont validate. I have about 8 keycodes from various installations, but this one won't validate using any of them.
I'd like to just jump to Windows 10...