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flhthemi

flhthemi

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I bought a new mini PC. Nice little box from Minis Forum. It has 2 network ports one of them is dead. Minis says send it back they'll send me another. If I make a Windows image of the one I have now can it be put on the replacement PC and activate properly or would it actually be better to just start all over again?
 
Windows Build/Version
23H2 22631.4460

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro 23H2
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    MinisForum
    CPU
    Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-12900HK
    Memory
    32gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel(R) Iris(R) Xe Graphics
    Sound Card
    Realtek 888
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    1TB SSD
    Keyboard
    Logitech
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 2X
    Internet Speed
    600
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
flhthemi said:
I bought a new mini PC. Nice little box from Minis Forum. It has 2 network ports one of them is dead. Minis says send it back they'll send me another. If I make a Windows image of the one I have now can it be put on the replacement PC and activate properly or would it actually be better to just start all over again?
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Use the backup image and restore.
It might be wise to deactivate the defective system on the MS account page and reactivate the new one.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro/All Channels
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Nitro ANV15-51
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS 3200-4500 Mhz 8 cores x 2
    Motherboard
    Sportage_RBH
    Memory
    32 GB DDR5
    Graphics Card(s)
    Radeon Graphic / NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8 GB GDDR6
    Sound Card
    AMD/Realtek(R) Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Integrated Monitor (15.3"vis)
    Screen Resolution
    FHD 1920X1080 16:9 144Hz
    Hard Drives
    Kingston OM8SEP4512Q 500 GB
    WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500.1 GB
    PSU
    19V DC 6.32 A 120 W
    Cooling
    Dual Fans
    Mouse
    MS Bluetooth
    Internet Speed
    Fiber 1GB Cox -us & IGB Orange-fr
    Browser
    Edge Canary- Firefox Nightly-Chrome Dev-Chrome Dev
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
    Other Info
    VMs of Windows 11 stable/Beta/Dev/Canary
    VM of XeroLinux- Arch based & Debian 13 (Trixie)
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Insider Canary
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS X751BP
    CPU
    AMD Dual Core A6-9220
    Motherboard
    ASUS
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics card(s)
    AMD Radeon R5 M420
    Sound Card
    Realtek
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17.3
    Screen Resolution
    1600X900 16:9
    Hard Drives
    1TB 5400RPM
OAT said:
Use the backup image and restore.
It might be wise to deactivate the defective system on the MS account page and reactivate the new one.
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Never set up a MS account on it :-) so I should be golden! Thanks for the reply!

AND I'll do a full reset on the defective unit before I ship it back!
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro 23H2
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    MinisForum
    CPU
    Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-12900HK
    Memory
    32gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel(R) Iris(R) Xe Graphics
    Sound Card
    Realtek 888
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    1TB SSD
    Keyboard
    Logitech
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 2X
    Internet Speed
    600
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
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