I bought a computer off Kijiji that was from someone who builds them for cheap. I bought it for a plex server.

I recently did a hard drive check, and the hd is getting spotty.

I did a check for windows license and it says it’s “retail” with a partial key. I was thinking of buying a new SSD to put in but how do I get a windows key now?

I’m somewhat computer minded but this one I’ve never dealt with. (I also have no interest in installing Linux right now)

Thanks!

  • @mateomaui@reddthat.comEnglish
    10•1 year ago

    Totally different solution…

    Today marks the release of a pre-activated version of the new Tiny11 2023.11 (23H2) on torrentgalaxy No TPM required.

    https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/windows-11s-lightweight-version-tiny11-gets-even-smaller-and-gains-windows-copilot-via-a-new-update

    edit: seems to be an issue with the pre-activation for Tiny11, so just get the original here instead: https://archive.org/details/tiny11-2311

    and use the script from ultratiem on it irm https://massgrave.dev/get | iex

    There’s also Tiny10, though it apparently has some limitations and I don’t know what they are. (edit: Proxima_Centauri11 below indicates the limitations may not matter though.) You can get it here: https://archive.org/details/tiny-10-23-h2 and use the same script instead.

      • @mateomaui@reddthat.comEnglish
        1•1 year ago

        If you don’t mind, can you shed light on any showstopping limitations for Tiny10? Everything I’ve read is really vague, except that you may need to provide your own drivers that normally are already included. Have you run into anything in particular for normal productivity and gaming? or other?

        • @Proxima_Centauri11@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2•1 year ago

          Yeah no problem! Honestly, I haven’t run into anything driver-related for productivity for gaming (I have AMD CPU and GPU). And because of how Windows does their updates, if you’re behind on versions, there are commands you can run to get any missing Windows Updates (see this for example: 21h2 to 22h2 ). But if you download the latest version of Tiny10 on Archive.org, you should be good! Lemme know if you have any other questions.

          • @mateomaui@reddthat.comEnglish
            1•1 year ago

            Thank you! That sounds more promising and less problematic than before. I may have a question about doing new updates like the one in the example, but I’m not sure what it would be at the moment. Though once I have a moment to go look in the windows package directory in the example, that may clear it up, if all the packages follow a version naming convention for use with wildcards. Thanks again for the info!

            edit: oh and I just realized that’s a tiny10 subreddit, adding that as a resource now.