If you do have a copy of windows 10 pro or maybe you found a retail copy of the upgrade for less than microsoft charges you ll have a product key alternately called a license key that enables windows 10 pro.
Windows 10 home digital license for this device running windows 10 pro.
For example if you re uninstalling a windows 10 pro product key you can only use it to activate another windows 10 pro installation.
You can usually spot an oem license by its price which tends to run about 110 for a windows 10 home license and 150 for a windows 10 pro license.
To activate using this digital license you need to install windows 10 pro.
In volume activation management tool they still show up as windows r professional edition retail but now with license status.
The only concern i have is my windows 10 license.
Follow the setup instructions until you reach the desktop.
Windows 10 will prompt you for the version you own home pro etc.
I am unsure whether this will affect my windows 10 license as a friend of mine told me that upon reformatting i can delete all the partition except for the system reserved as this partition holds the activation key for my os license.
You can t use a pro license to activate a device running.
Notification and genuine status.
Install windows only in the next window.
This isn t an upgrade given you re starting from scratch.
If you recently upgraded to windows 10 before the free upgrade offer expired a digital license should be attached to your device.
We found a windows 10 home digital license for this device running windows 10 pro.
If windows 10 remains intact on a surviving drive you don t need to reinstall.
Upgrade from windows 10 home to pro via a license key digital license.
Before upgrading to windows 10 pro make sure your device is up to date and running the most recent version of windows 10 home.
After that select custom.
All the features of the operating system.