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  1. Ssd Problems

    in Hardware Hell

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    If you have a Western Digital or Seagate drive you can get a free copy of Acronis from their site.

     

    This will clone the drive without issue (may have to do SSD > Seagate/WD > SSD though if no SSD by those makers).

  5. Win10 Install From Dvd

    in Help!!

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    You can update within Win 7 using the ISO - burn it to disk, whilst Win 7 is running insert the disk and it should prompt you to upgrade, it will do some updates but most of the data needed is on the disk.

     

    At least that is how I did a couple of systems.

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  8. Win10 Install From Dvd

    in Help!!

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    So I have changed my HDD configuration (swapped my RAIDed SSDs for a single larger SSD) and reinstalled Windows 10 Pro using the USB key method - Previous installation was Win 10 Pro upgraded from Win 7 Ultimate. Completely vanilla install with no codes entered at any point.

     

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    So it would appear that the activation does not always have a problem - perhaps it's dependant on how much of the hardware is changed or maybe the HDD config is not part of the checks.

    Or using a technet serial because I am tight causes issues ;)

  10. Win10 Install From Dvd

    in Help!!

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    I phoned Microsoft, well they phoned me after I went through their web support options.

    Nice chap from India entered a new key, Windows 10 Pro now activated.

     

    Cost?

    Zero apart from 15 minutes or so watching him use logme in :)

  12. Win10 Install From Dvd

    in Help!!

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    There is a difference between OEM and retail versions of Win 7 and upgrade ability post 10, OEM is tied to the hardware, retail is not.

     

    About to find out for myself today, replacing son's mobo and will have fingers crossed.

     

    Will report back (my win7 keys are all technet so *should* be retail equivalents... ho hum).

  14. 3D Modeling

    in Jim's Place

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    lol... building stuff, then destroying it... I used to do that IRL 3D when I was a kid, lol... lots of stuff got built from the ground up... only to be destroyed later.. thanks Rox for making me relive that for a bit!

    Plasticine..

     

    Used to spend an age constructing intricate 'spaceships' including the control panels and occupants then 'crashing' them and doing an autopsy of sorts.

     

    I should have had a therapist, probably still need one now...

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