Intel boot agent question

[Liam Proven]

On Tue, 5 May 2020 at 11:15, Phil <phillor9 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 5/5/20 6:24 pm, Liam Proven wrote:
>
> I'm going to take your advice Liam and download the Windows 10 ISO file.
> I see that if I download the ISO file while I'm using Windows then I can
> create a bootable USB memory stick. I think this will be handy.

If you download from Linux, it will offer you a raw ISO.

If you download from Windows, it will try to upgrade or make media for you.

Your choice.

> I'll try Produkey tomorrow and if I end up with what looks like a valid
> key then I'll start the rebuilding process.

I don't know if the T420 has a Windows key in the firmware, but if it
does, you can view it from Linux:

sudo strings /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/MSDM

https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-find-windows-10-oem-product-key-command/

If this doesn't work, try Produkey, under Windows obviously.

If you download an ISO from Linux, you can try it in VirtualBox.
Beware, though, that if you activate your VM with that key, it might
be reluctant to activate a copy on bare metal _as well_.

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