Activating it and making a drive image for a future reinstall might be a good idea if you ever want to sell it or use Windows again.
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New Windows Laptop - Want to Convert to Linux
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LittleGreenDots
, Feb 29 2024 12:31 PM
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Posted 12 March 2024 - 12:33 PM
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If you read the posts in the thread you will see there is some controversy about that topic.
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Posted 12 March 2024 - 06:11 PM
Indeed.
And good advice.
The choice is yours to make.
If you never intend to use Windows again or sell it with a factory install....it doesn't matter.
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Posted 15 March 2024 - 12:30 AM
Activating it and making a drive image for a future reinstall might be a good idea if you ever want to sell it or use Windows again.
You do not need to since the key is a part of the bios not something on a piece of paper. Once the OS is installed on a machine and the bios has a key, there is zero activating it in any form or even necessary in this day and age.
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Posted 15 March 2024 - 06:14 AM
Indeed. I agree.
To install Windows can be done in that manner and some do to get rid of bloat on a new computer.
I installed Win 11 in that manner myself on a refurb bought with out a hard drive.
But a fresh install like that won't duplicate the factory install with all the added apps the manufacturer included along with the exact same drivers.
It's not a wrong way to put Windows back on the computer.
But if there's a warranty problem in the near future, that warranty might not be honored.
In addition, since owner claims the computer hasn't been activated, he doesn't absolutely, positively know the computer operates without fault.
It probably works just fine.
Probably.
It's not that hard to make a drive image.
It can be accomplished easily with no cost and it's good insurance.
Is it absolutely necessary? Nope.
May the luck be with him.
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Posted 24 March 2024 - 01:04 PM
Post 5 is simplest solution for this user who is clueless about using linux. Replace the hardrive. Put the old one in the laptop bag.
Then the user can go to youtube to learn something. Spaltry among others have done all the hard work
Some times I take a crooked road to get my head straight.
Not all who wander are lost.
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