Tomas, Thanks for the suggestion. I did not know that the recovery could be used for installing in Virtual Box. (You said VM--I know that VM has a special routine for extracting an installed OS for a virtual machine, but was uncertain about Virtual Box.)
I am not certain if I will use Win 10--I use Win 2K at present for two legacy programs. And a third might be better with 10. -Denis On Sat, Aug 12, 2017 at 5:23 PM, Tom <[email protected]> wrote: > Alternatively, you could create Windows recovery USB media before > installing linux on the box. > It can be used to fully reinstall already activated Windows in VM or on > the laptop when you want to give it away. > I store the USB media on a filer as VDI disk image, forever. I have > never used any of those backups - even when selling old computers, they > were always bought by a Linux geek. > What are the chances that you would want to use windows Denis? > I have bunch of MS Win VM's which I use for single task - boot them up > and waste couple of hours updating them every quarter. > What a waste - I behave like the monkeys with the banana in a cage! > Tomas > On Sat, 2017-08-12 at 16:25 -0700, Denis Heidtmann wrote: > > The latest question, "Is it activated?" , the answer seems to be > > "yes". > > Posts I have seen say that if not activated personalization should > > not be > > possible. It is possible for this installation. But... > > > > I read that Win 10 can be moved to a virtual machine: > > https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-windows_ > > install/convert-windows-10-activation-to-virtual-machine/284089e3 > > -af42-4b42-acb6-1e63d50a4212?auth=1 > > > > So I think I will take this route. I can get an ISO from MS, then go > > through the activation as described. > > > > Thanks for all the ideas. > > > > -Denis > > > > On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 9:52 PM, Denis Heidtmann < > > [email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > I entered settings, searched for "Is windows activated". The > > > response was > > > unable to reach activation servers (not connected). It also had an > > > entry > > > to change the product key, but no existing product key was shown. > > > So I > > > think I am still uncertain. I can connect and try again > > > (tomorrow). > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 9:12 PM, Denis Heidtmann < > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > I will search windows, but not being familiar with it I may have > > > > difficulty. BTW I managed to boot from a 16.04 flash drive- > > > > -progress. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 7:54 PM, Garrett Bigart < > > > > [email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Before you install Ubuntu could you check in the settings to > > > > > see whether > > > > > it > > > > > says activated or not? I might need to do something depending > > > > > on what > > > > > that > > > > > says. > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 7:48 PM, Denis Heidtmann < > > > > > [email protected]> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > That helps. It is F12 on this system. But USB is not on the > > > > > > list, so > > > > > I > > > > > > have to use a 14.04 CD that I have, rather than the 16.04 > > > > > > flash > > > > > drive. But > > > > > > for starters, this will help me check the system. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 10:00 PM, John Jason Jordan < > > > > > > [email protected]> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 9 Aug 2017 18:26:56 -0700 > > > > > > > Denis Heidtmann <[email protected]> dijo: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I figured out how to get to the bios. There is not boot > > > > > > > > -order > > > > > option > > > > > > > > I am accustomed to--the order is set by properties > > > > > > > > UEFI/legacy > > > > > rather > > > > > > > > than CD/HD, etc. I set it to legacy, but it still did > > > > > > > > not boot the > > > > > > > > CD. UEFI is disabled as well. I guess I need to explore > > > > > > > > other > > > > > > > > options. Ideas? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This will probably not help, but here goes anyway. On my > > > > > > > current > > > > > laptop > > > > > > > there are two boot options: one takes you to the BIOS and > > > > > > > the other > > > > > (F7) > > > > > > > gives you a list of devices from which you can select the > > > > > > > one to boot > > > > > > > to. 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