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Hello, I have about 50 HP and Dell laptops that I need to format and reload. Its a good mix of systems but the majorities of the systems are HP Compaq's 6910p and the remainder of them are Dell Latitude E6400 and Dell Latitude E6420. My question is I really don't want to have to reload one by one, unless I have too, any suggestions? I was thinking Acronis but not sure with my windows activations ..... I have a product key information sheet for most of the systems that contain COA information and the key. Also, it looks like windows 7 key and some of the system have been upgraded to windows 10
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Windows pro also has some built-in imaging stuff that you can do over a network, deploy on demand, etc. It's pretty complicated to get it all setup right, though. Still, that's another option. Acronis would be easier as long as you don't have a whole lot of specialized software to install.
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Not going to be on the domain, old systems that we are wiping and going to sell to the staff or donate..... No special software just windows and that's it
In that case you ought to just wipe the hard drives and let the next person deal with it. The value is in the hardware, anyway.
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>> those that were upgraded to windows 10 can be freh installed - windows manages the key
so manage one, make an image and put it on the similar ones (you can even try the different - but there will be driver corrections needed
Is that legal?
My understanding of Windows 10 is that type of installation is NOT legal. If it was I would be in heaven.
so manage one, make an image and put it on the similar ones (you can even try the different - but there will be driver corrections needed
Is that legal?
My understanding of Windows 10 is that type of installation is NOT legal. If it was I would be in heaven.
>> Is that legal? << that was what i was thinking dbrunton, but i got here from experts that MS is growing more tolerant on this.
i had not tested it yet though - be the first i'd say!
i had not tested it yet though - be the first i'd say!