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I'll keep going with this, because there is a Gentoo twist at the end! LOL! |
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On Tuesday, 7 January 2020 16:58:43 GMT Mark Knecht wrote: |
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> After maybe 16 hours it didn't activate but logically I don't know why it |
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> would have. I've installed Win 10 using the M$ install tool writing to a |
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> USB flash drive but I'm not given any product IDs/Keys. M$ would have had |
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> to determine on their own with no help from me this was a reinstall and |
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> generously activated it which I think is asking too much. |
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The (re)activation process does not work like you assume. Your MS Product key |
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would have been provided with the original (Windows 7) installation media, a |
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sticker under the laptop, your laptop's OEM box/activation card, or the |
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MSWindows Online Shop. If you do not possess this key you cannot readily |
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(re)activate the installation. |
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You could call Microsoft Support to ask for your key since this is a legit |
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installation, but as the key is still in the original disk, boot into the old |
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disk and use some of the methods mentioned here to extract it: |
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https://www.howtogeek.com/206329/how-to-find-your-lost-windows-or-office-product-keys/ |
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> Owing that I'm not 100% sure the previous install was actually Win 10 Pro, |
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> having updated from Win 7 with their free conversion to Win 10, I'm going |
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> to put the old drive back in, double check what version of Win 10 I was |
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> using and then try again if I installed the wrong version this time. |
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Yes, the Product key or Digital License can only be reused on the same Windows |
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10 edition as the original. If not you'll get some error pointing to the fact |
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your key is not suitable for the edition of the OS you are trying to activate. |
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> On a more Linux note I'll build a bootable USB drive with clonezilla and |
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> see about cloning the old drive to the new SDD that way. that sort of |
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> solution is why I posted here in the first place. Trying the Win 10 install |
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> and hoping it worked was just an easy 1-day experiment. |
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That could be the easiest way without having to fight your way through the |
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Windows Activation Process. On the other hand, if you manage to re-activate |
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it, you'll know how to go about it next time you reinstall - this is MSWindows |
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after all! ;-) |
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> P.S. - I'd love to get back to running Gentoo one of these days. For those |
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> of us that wanted a stable machine with just a couple of testing packages, |
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> especially as the machines become older and the software becomes larger, it |
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> just became too many hours building code, especially on these older |
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> laptops. Kubuntu has worked well enough for me be there's no better |
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> community that you here at gentoo-user for straight forward technical |
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> discussion and I want to thank everyone here for years and years of good |
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> times and good information. |
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Have a search for 'chroot' and 'cross-compiling' on Gentoo wiki & forums. |
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There should be a few articles explaining how to cross-compile binary packages |
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within a chrooted directory on a faster/bigger/better PC and then rsync and |
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emerge these packages with '--usepkg y', or '--usepkgonly y' on the slower |
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laptop. As far as the laptop is concerned, this last part ought to be almost |
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as fast as updating/installing binary packages on Kubuntu. This is probably |
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the only way to install really large compiled applications like Chromium, |
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LibreOffice, etc. on old PCs with very low RAM. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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