Windows 10 Upgrade from Windows 7 Then HDD Fail

Hello,

I upgraded my Windows 7 HP 64 to Windows 10 a good while ago and everything was fine. I actually quite liked Windows 10.

The trouble is,. my hard drive has failed now and I need to reinstall from scratch. I can put W7 back on as the W7 sticker is there on the side of the machine giving the W7 product key, the trouble is that there's no longer a free upgrade to Windows 10 so can I go back to Windows 10 or am I now stuck with 7?

Thank you for any and all help

In reply to a post by smiffy12:

I can put W7 back on as the W7 sticker is there on the side of the machine giving the W7 product key, the trouble is that there's no longer a free upgrade to Windows 10 so can I go back to Windows 10 or am I now stuck with 7?

Your activation entitlement is stored on Microsoft's servers. Just download (if necessary) and install Windows 10, it will automatically activate.