What password protecting a zip file?

You do not need SSDs, but the computers will be much faster with SSDs rather than spinning HDDs. Your best bet is to get a new USB flash drive, anywhere from 8GB (min) to 32GB (max) in size and...

SLP activation only works when Windows 7 is installed from the manufacturer's installation media. Generic Windows 7 will not SLP activate.

You may not be talking about a flash drive, but Garylee IS talking about a flash drive - he's asking about the flash drive to install Windows 10 from. We've probably all got Garylee confused enough...

The OP stated that they purchased at least one of these computers with no drive in it, so there would be no existing OS to obtain the license from. Hopefully there are readable COA stickers still on...

When you create the USB flash drive using the tool from Microsoft, it will erase whatever is already existing on the flash drive. You can download the tool from: ...

I agree, just do a clean install of Windows 10 with a USB flash drive created with Microsoft's tool.

All that being said, most of the time the "paid for" solutions to the issues we are discussing are a waste of $$$$.

If Sapien 1 wants to have an official, read-only, Microsoft original flash drive of Windows 10, and the associated carboard box it came in as a "collector's item" them more power to him or her. I...

If I was going to place a bet, I would bet that Bree's answer is correct.

So does booting from the standard Windows USB flash drive, opening a command prompt and running the diskpart clean command - and with just a single flash drive that will do both, erase the drive back...

And what is really crazy about it is that it is Micosoft themselves that offer the product for free! You can get it directly from Microsoft for free, or you can pay a shady retailer anywhere from $20...

And what is stopping you from doing that?

On Dell's website is a JCV file which you should be able to use with the BIOS recover feature in BIOS settings to upgrade/recover the BIOS without using an operating system....

Why don't you go to the Dell support website and look for BIOS update instructions there?

And the Media Creation Tool creates the exact same USB flash drive that is in the retail box. The only difference is the MCT creates the latest released version of Windows 10 and the flash drive in...

And hundreds of thousands of users have done that for the cost of a $5 flash drive, but you won't listen to us.

#1 - your laptop already has a digital license for Windows 10 stored on Microsoft...

hsehestedt,

At least there won't be any major problems associated with the full retail boxed product. It will just be out of date, but Windows Update should take care of that. It's just a waste...

Yep, we know! Overpaying for an outdated version of Windows 10. Anyway, good luck in finding one that isn't ridiculously expensive.

What jimbo45 was referring to was getting a cheap Windows 7 and upgrading it to Windows 10 to get the Windows 10 digital license. But it sounds like you have zero interest in less expensive...

I will correct you, not that you will listen to what any of us are telling you anyway....what you got appears to be a genuine Microsoft System Builders version of Windows 10. But, I agree, it is not...

Yes.

It will upgrade only that Windows 10 to Windows 11 and it will leave the other Windows 10 as is. It will likely change your dual booting to make Windows 11 the default and change the timeout back to...

Install TrueNAS

TrueNAS is an Operating System that you install on any computer, just like any other OS. My NAS computer boots TrueNAS from a USB flash drive. (and it also allows mirroring of...

RTM versions do not expire. Since 1809 was a RTM release, it will not expire.