OS uninstallable

[Bret Busby]

On 1/4/23 03:56, Bret Busby wrote:
> On 1/4/23 02:30, Liam Proven wrote:
>> On Fri, 31 Mar 2023 at 13:21, Bret Busby <bret at busby.net> wrote:
>>> How?
>>>
>>> I do not mean to be difficult - I do not know how to do it.
>>>
>>> I assume that it is done from within the OS (Linux Mint 21.1)?
>>
>> No. Well, you might be able to, but as I said in my email, I suggest
>> that you fix Windows, then do it from Windows. That is the easier way,
>> generally. That is what HP expects you to do and will describe.
>>
>> I do not have any HP laptop so I can't try it for you.
>>
>> I said in the email: download the latest Windows 10 ISO.
>>
>> It's a free download. Go to:
>>
>> https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/software-download/windows10ISO
>>
>> You said you had Ventoy.
>>
>> Download that ISO, and copy it onto your Ventoy key.
> 
> That web page, in selecting the only download selection (multi-edition), 
> for each language option of English-International, and English (USA), 
> returns
> 
> "
> Error
> 
> We are unable to complete your request at this time. Some users, 
> entities and locations are banned from using this service. For this 
> reason, leveraging anonymous or location hiding technologies when 
> connecting to this service is not generally allowed. If you believe that 
> you
> "
> 
> 


Now, my wife has, upon my request, successfully attempted to download 
the MS Windows iso (she is a software developer of .Net web 
applications, and runs MS Windows on her computer,and, she has not run 
Linux, for a while), and, she has written it to the Ventoy drive, from 
her Windows computer.

The URL that she used, is
https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/software-download/windows10
which, on my Linux Mint 21.1 Mate system, redirects to the above URL 
posted by Liam (which varies from the one that my wife used, only in 
that the one that Liam posted, has "ISO" appended to the URL, as can be 
seen in comparing the two URL's above.

The URL https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/software-download/windows10ISO
displays

"
Download Windows 10 Disc Image (ISO File)

Before updating, please refer to the Windows release information status 
for known issues to confirm your device is not impacted.

You’ve been routed to this page because the operating system you’re 
using won’t support the Windows 10 media creation tool and we want to 
make sure that you can download Windows 10. To use the media creation 
tool, visit the Microsoft Software Download Windows 10 page from a 
Windows 7, Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 device.

You can use this page to download a disc image (ISO file) that can be 
used to install or reinstall Windows 10. The image can also be used to 
create installation media using a USB flash drive or DVD.

     Before you begin

Windows 10 2022 Update l Version 22H2
Select edition

The Windows 10 editions below are valid for both Windows 10 Home and 
Windows 10 Pro.
"

So, in the context of all of this, what I surmise is thus; the MS web 
site has detected that I am running Linux, or, specifically, the version 
of Linux that I am using, and not MS Windows, and has responded with "F U!".

..
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
(UTC+0800)
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