What's wrong with my Desktop? Windows 10 won't boot after update

[Malnutrition]

I tagged a couple of people to try and help you further, as hardware is not really my area…

[passwurd]

Alright, thanks for all your help, I redo the step just in case.

[jmarket]

Can you take a picture of the inside of your computer? I need to see what all you have

[Evan_Omo]

Hi passwurd. What exactly happens when you attempt to install Windows 10? During the initial install process what step does the computer get stuck on?

[passwurd]

On the install/recovery step itself. It can’t find anything to recover and when I try to install it looks for a drive to put it on, but the only one to come up has 0.0 MB, so it’s unable to install. And jmarket I can get you a photo later tomorrow.

[Evan_Omo]

Can you show me a picture of the hard drive partitions when you attempt to install Windows 10?

[passwurd]

Got it checked and it was the Hard-Drive, so I’ll get a new one. If I make a Windows 8 install disc on my Windows 7 laptop (Which is uncertified) can I get Windows 8 uncertified?

[jmarket]

Uncertified as in unlicensed? PCHF only provides support for those that have a valid license.

[passwurd]

As in, I had to reinstall windows on this, but I lost my product key. Same with my desktop. So I’ve bought Windows 7 and 8, but this computer has Windows doesn’t have a key attached to it.

[Evan_Omo]

If you already activated Windows 10 on that machine, then you won’t need a product key as Windows 10 uses a digital entitlement to activate your version of Windows. Just reinstall Windows 10 using your Windows 10 DVD/USB flash drive and after the install finishes, Windows 10 will automatically activate for you.

[passwurd]

Even if it’s a new, never used Harddrive, and I decided to go with 8 (Which has been on it) because it’s a older computer, and updating it might have caused the problem.

[Evan_Omo]

Ok, but did you activate Windows 10 on that computer? If you did then just reinstall Windows 10 on the new hard drive and it should activate without any problems.

[passwurd]

Well, it seems Windows 10 was the problem. And the reason the hard drive failed. If I got a newer hard drive would it be okay to get windows 10?

[jmarket]

If I got a newer hard drive would it be okay to get windows 10?

Your specs are sufficient, and as mentioned, you shouldn’t have any problems reinstalling Windows 10 on a new HDD with digital entitlement/license (you don’t need to do any special activation, it’s automatic).

[passwurd]

It’s fixed! And running perfectly. And I did Win. 8 to be safe. But it’s running perfectly. Thanks for the help guys!
And yes, it was automatically authorized.