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XPS 8960, clean install of OS
I have always just left the laptop or pc the way it was and uninstalled anything not needed. but with this new pc on the way i would like to do a clean fresh from nothing install. I know the key and all that to windows is on the recovery partition but how would i go about doing this and still keeping and being able to register or activate windows if i dont know the key?
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June 18th, 2024 20:00
The license key is embedded in a chip on the mainboard. A clean install will pick up the key and auto-activate using Microsoft's activation servers.