Recent content by DavidY

I believe (from spotting another thread) that the machine originally came with XP, so there won't be a BIOS key to read, and therefore the above approach won't work.

I don't know about the hardware issues on Eee pcs, but I have certainly gone straight from Windows 8 to Windows 10 without Windows 8.1 in-between. You would need to download a Windows 10 ISO file to do it. In my case I did an upgrade install (by double-clicking the ISO to mount it) and...

What happens if you try to invoke the more visual version from the command line, with this command? : dfrgui Could you post a picture of your Disk Management layout? Also I would try right-clicking the C: drive (in Disk Management or File Explorer) then selecting Tools and then the option...

For people running Windows 7 or 8.x, there is a case to upgrade by July 2016 while it is still free and let the machine activate on Windows 10. Then, even if you rollback straight away, you'll have acquired a licence to run Windows 10 on that hardware if you wanted to upgrade at some future...

I'm no hardware expert (and I'm in the wrong country to know about pricing near you), but I'm guessing the answers will depend on what the exact make and model of laptop is? I suggest that might be useful information to post, for those who know about these things. What is on the laptop that...

If it was a personal computer with an MS account, then the recovery key would be automatically stored in the Onedrive of the Microsoft Account used to login. But if it had some sort of corporate build on it, they may have done it differently. I take it that MS Accounts weren't used to login...

Thanks for trying that. I actually think it's a good result because it's a pointer to the USB itself being why it didn't boot, which should be fixable. I still suggest using the Media Creation tool (rather than RUFUS) to burn the appropriate edition of Windows 8.1 onto a USB, as it should...

So will the USB boot up the other SP3? (Or on some other computer which came from the OEM with Windows 8 or later.) I believe RUFUS can create a UEFI-bootable USB, but you need to get the options right (it's not something I've used much so I don't know how to do that). Using the Microsoft Media...

How did you create the USB Boot Disc? I'm wondering if you created one which will boot on older machines but not new ones which boot in UEFI mode. Option 1 in this Tutorial is probably what I would use, to ensure that you end up with a Windows install disc which is bootable from a UEFI machine...

Hi kremster, I'm not an expert on the issues / benefits of mounting the SD card as C:\SDCard? But since you're mapping the VHDX to a new drive letter anyway, what happens if you don't mount the SD card into C:\SDCard, and try to mount the VHDX from the SD card's original drive letter...

I wonder if it came with Win8 oem, or Win8 oem Pro? If you try running ShowKey (from here), does it give you an 'OEM Key' which is different to the one mentioned? What is the 'OEM Edition' if there is one? NB DON'T post your Product ID or Product Key or OEM Key or any sort of Key on here.

Hi kremster, Really sorry - I had a busy week and didn't respond sooner. Can you describe how your drive letters are organised, please? How are you using the VHD file? I believe that you could encrypt the whole SD card with Bitlocker without using a VHD drive at all - see here, for...

And Windows 8 (if you haven't upgraded to 8.1) support ends on the same day.

Why are you trying to install the 'N' version of Windows 10? Also if you have a Core key, then you won't be able to install 'Pro' versions as you seem to be attempting.

There is a utility called 'Showkey' which might be what Saltgrass is thinking of - you can download from the first post in this thread: Showkey - Windows 10 Forums