I have ordered a new notebook on which Windows 10 has already been installed.
But I want to reinstall it
not only to uninstall the whole bloat, but not to have it on it at all
possibly to set up dual boot right from the start (yes you can also later)
possibly to use the license on another PC.
My problems:
I don't have a DVD drive on my notebook or a DVD with Windows 10 (x64 Pro) - where do I get my installation medium from?
I don't have a license key to enter - where can I get it from?
Simply download the tool from Microsoft directly to a USB. Everything is explained there step by step.
You have a Windows OEM version on your laptop. I.e. You can't use it anywhere else. You can only do one backup. You have to call Microsoft and have your Windows 10 OEM version activated. Then you can use the key for any computer. You can download the Windows 10 version from Microsoft and, for example, install it bootable on a stick.
https://www.microsoft.com/.../windows10
Install Windows with the USB stick and after the installation simply enter the key and you're done.
1) You can also use the Media Creation Tool to set up Windows as an installation medium on a USB stick
then you can boot from USB and cleanly reinstall Windows
2) With Windows 10, the license key is a computer-bound digital license and is compared with the components of your PC / notebook and saved as a checksum at Microsoft. If you reinstall on the system, the system will automatically recognize the components and reactivate it itself.
you can even swap or add things to a certain extent without the activation failing.
However, exchanging the board, CPU, RAM and hard drive (almost a new PC) can of course make the activation suspicious and refuse.
With pre-installed Windows you don't need to call, it is already pre-installed as a digital license, already activated.
What a complete nonsense at the beginning. He doesn't have to call anywhere, just activate the windows that are on it, then reinstall it. The license key is namely in the image, there's nothing more to read.
he also talks about the new installation of his laoptop and nothing of use on a pc
Depending on the manufacturer, not all of them let it pass.
With the OEM versions, he can only make a backup or repair. He says he doesn't have a key. This does not cleanly erase the contents of the hard disk.
Start the notebook until you have activated windows.
then you can grab the windows 10 installation on a usb and boot from the usb and completely reinstall it. Windows already knows the device, so you can reactivate it at any time.
Wrong, the backup is not necessary. Simply take the Media Creation Tool and create a clean Windows installation medium on the stick. There's a choice between DVD and stick, which should be at least 8GB in size.
The license is almost never available as a sticker in Win10, but always as a digital license with OEMs, without the key being seen.
Many, especially used, notebooks have often been upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 10, which then results in a generic Windows 10 key. When reading out with magic jelly beans keyfinder you will always find the same Windows key. I've noticed it several times at work after the upgrades.
Jo well, the setup of the user account follows. But at the latest in this step, the license is activated online as soon as there's contact to the Internet.
Hardly any provider allows through to full installation, so that the user has the opportunity to set up the account individually. And that is usually added via image and then does not contain the key, but is only activated and generated when there's internet contact.
That's pretty rattled down by heart, but what do you do with a Windows without a key? You can only backup it. Or what do you think how it all works? There's always something left on the hard drive. You're not really formatting through it. You're a service technician, it's nice that you've mentioned your job several times. I'm a computer scientist
Windows 10 no longer has a key visible with OEM. It is linked to the hardware id and is stored at Microsoft and is automatically activated when you reinstall. Even if you do a clean install with a formatted hard drive.
I did it myself with several pc's in my company and didn't have to secure anything beforehand
