On Tue, Jan 10, 2023 at 10:19 AM Michael D. Setzer II via users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 10 Jan 2023 at 8:16, Go Canes wrote:
From: Go Canes <letsgonhlcanes0@xxxxxxxxx>
Date sent: Tue, 10 Jan 2023 08:16:05 -0500
Subject: Re: Installed Fedora 37 on older Dell with
Windows 10, but doen't
show windows as boot option??
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> On Tue, Jan 10, 2023 at 2:08 AM Michael D. Setzer II via users
> <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Don't use windows much at all. So probable not worth doing for me. Windows was pre-install so have no windows media, and would have to find method to get the key code.
>
> Do a google search for "download windows 10 iso" and there are links
> to download the install media directly from Microsoft.
>
> Older Dell systems had a sticker with the Windows license key. You
> can use "sudo strings /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/MSDM" to extract a
> license key that is embedded in the firmware. There is also a Windows
> program I have used that extracts the license key along with other
> useful info, but I don't remember what it is, and I don't have any of
> my Windows VM booted at the moment.
Strange.. Looked all over the machine, and Only 2
stickers I find on machine are one that says Windows 7,
and another one that says Intel i5 inside??
I used dozens of Dell systems and every one prior to 2019 that came with Windows had
a sticker with the license key. The latest one had a small Windows sticker, but no
license key. Every Dell I have encountered had a sticker with the Dell "Service Tag"
number. You should be able to get the original configuration details from Dell using this
tag. You may also be able to get a rescue disk image that will get you back to the factory
configuration. It is strange that you don't have the Service Tag.
But when I got machine, it had Windows 10 installed,
and CPU-z and lshw-gui both show the CPU as an i3 not
an i5? Think I've used belarc advisor before and think it
actually displays the windows key. Think it is Optiplex
9020 small form..
Since the Windows 10 was installed on regular bios boot,
don't think the firmware would have any info.
Just had a
small sda1partition with recovery, and sda2 was the c
drive on the 1T drive with 8G of ram. Had done a checkRecently upgraded CPU in one of my ASUSon upgrading cpu, but the socket and bios it reported
motherboards from and AMD 2 core to AMD 8 core with
no issues. Did require a much better fan to keep temp
down. First computer was a Heathkit H-120 with 8088
and 8080 cpus. Had 768K of Ram with separate video
board with 192K of ram from video. Way back in 1983.
Old dos 1 with dual 320K floppies. So, lots of changes
over years..
Thanks for info.
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wouldn't support above the i3, or above the chips
generation.
Lack of a Service Tag and CPU mismatch suggest a checkered history -- worst
case would be a stolen system with easily identifiable data removed.
--
George N. White III
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