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Use this if you need to convert a working windows install from Leagcy Bios to UEFI Bios without reinstalling windows.

To restart windows 11 Goto System > Windows Update > Advance Options > Recovery > Advanced Recovery > Restart
Once in the windows menu choose Troubleshoot > Advance Option > Command Prompt

1st. mbr2gpt /validate /disk:(your OS disk number) normally 0
2nd. mbr2gpt /validate /allowfullos /disk:(your OS disk number)
3rd. mbr2gpt /convert /allowfullos /disk:(your OS disk number)

Using CMD to decrypt a Bitlocker drive requires you to type the command: manage-bde -unlock d: -password

In a Admin CMD Prompt:

reg add HKCR\.pdf\ShellEx\{8895b1c6-b41f-4c1c-a562-0d564250836f} /ve /d {1B96FAD8-1C10-416E-8027-6EFF94045F6F} /f

reg add HKCR\CLSID\{3A84F9C2-6164-485C-A7D9-4B27F8AC009E} /v EnablePreviewHandler /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

reg add HKCR\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{3A84F9C2-6164-485C-A7D9-4B27F8AC009E} /v EnablePreviewHandler /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f


or Download the Windows_Preview_Fix.bat and right click run as administrator

in a cmd window: setup.exe /product server /compat ignorewarning /migratedrivers all

Powershell script to get serial number:

get-ciminstance win32_bios | select SerialNumber


DOS CMD to get serial number:
wmic bios get serialnumber

to Get Product Key :    wmic path softwarelicensingservice get OA3xOriginalProductKey

If you get to the screen, where connection is required, press SHIFT+F10 and Command Prompt will open.

Type OOBE\BYPASSNRO and press ENTER. The process will begin again and this time, it will show "I dont have an internet access" button.

#smartctl -i /dev/sd?    sd?= drive you want to check -This CMD will show the drive info and serial number.

Make direct disk-to-disk copy:
#dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb bs=32M status=progress

To save space, you can compress data produced by
#dd if=/dev/hdb | gzip -c  > /image.img.gz

You can restore your disk with:
#gunzip -c /image.img.gz | dd of=/dev/hdb

Make a IMG of a Drive.
dd if=/dev/hdb of=/image.img

To save to another server drive mount first:
mount -t cifs //192.168.1.14/Drive /mnt/drive  --verbose -o user=xx$$,pass=NoOne

 

https://github.com/wiredopposite/OGX-Mini