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  1. Will I get the windows activation back If I delete everything in the harddisk and install a...


    I'm planning to reinstall windows 10 for some reason. Will I get the activation back If I delete everything in the hard disk and install a new OS? How to check my license type.

    :)
     
    Bharath Sendhurpandi, Jun 25, 2021
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  2. Install Windows 10 without deleting all previous partitions on the harddisk.

    I was trying to install windows 10 in my Asus X441N which has no lagacy boot option so I had to install it in UEFI mode. In the setup I selected an unalocated space of 100GiB and pressed next and it created three partition (Windows, System, Recovery) then
    complained about the boot order of the partitions it just created itself Will I get the windows activation back If I delete everything in the harddisk and install a... :( (why it would do that?). I choosed to continue ignoring the complain then the instalation started and a window popped up showing error that it detected the EFI partition(The System
    partition it just created in the previous step) was NTFS not FAT32. I searched in the internet for the problem, and found answers like -

    • Delete all the partiions in your harddisk
    • Rename the EFI folder in the bootable usb to NoEFI or something else
    • format the System partition to fat32 using diskpart (I don't know when)
    I can't delete all the partitions and the other two didn't worked.

    Then I tried to install it mannually(Apply the images with dism) with the help of this documentation Capture and Apply Windows, System, and Recovery Partitions.
    Well I didn't followed every steps in there. I've created the partitions using KDE partitioner, ignoring the recommended order(didn't find any) -

    • System partition of 116 MB - fat32
    • Recovery partition of 450 MB - ntfs
    • Windows and Data partition of 100GiB - ntfs
    Then just followed the steps of the above mentioned documentation from the the cmd of the bootable usb.

    I'm pretty sure I used the correct drive letters during these steps then rebooted. In the OOBE it showed that Windows setup was unable to configure windows in this hardware.

    So, Can someone help me to "Install Windows 10 without deleting all previous partitions on the harddisk" by any method?
     
    Mahmud Nabil, Jun 25, 2021
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  3. windows xp installation and dual core am

    could someone please list the steps they follow to install windows with a dual core processor and windows xp service pack to. I'm reletively new to amd dual core and i feel i'm missing a step. All help will be appreciated. thanx
     
    exodusprime1337, Jun 25, 2021
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  4. Anusha Win User

    Will I get the windows activation back If I delete everything in the harddisk and install a...

    C windows installer folder - Delete?

    He can do symbolic link redirection and move the files in it to a different location. *Wink Will I get the windows activation back If I delete everything in the harddisk and install a... ;)
    Better try it out in a virtual of first. Just a suggestion.

    Like:
    First move everything in c:\windows\installer to d:\installercache
    Then delete c:\windows\installer folder
    Then type this in command mode as admin
    mklink /d c:\windows\installer d:\installercache

    Removing those installer files is a bad idea. it might prevent you from updating or uninstalling apps.
     
    Anusha, Jun 25, 2021
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