Installing Windows from Ubuntu

[Bill]

On 2023-04-29 10:07, Bret Busby wrote:
>
> An official iso file for MS Windows 10 is available from a link that 
> Liam has previously posted to the list.
>
> The iso file is an installable, not a Live iso.
>
> The iso file can be downloaded and saved to the user's Linux system 
> HDD (formatted as ext4), from whence, it can be copied to a Ventoy 
> drive, which is formatted as a Ventoy drive is formatted. This 
> procedure has previously been mentioned on this mailing list.
>
> I have a copy of the official MS Windows 10 iso, written to my Ventoy 
> drive, and, the MS Windows iso loads okay to prepare for installation.
>
> I recommend that any person who wants to install or run different 
> operating systems, create a Ventoy drive, and, copy applicable iso 
> files to the Ventoy drive.
>
> On my 32GB Ventoy drive, I have various versions of Ubuntu Linux,of 
> Linux Mint Mate, of the MS Windows 10 iso (I have one copy of that), 
> and, I have two iso files (one XFCE and one Mate) of GhostBSD and IO 
> have Midnight BSD 3.0.1 . At one stage, I had 10 operating system iso 
> files on the Ventoy drive.
>
> See https://www.theregister.com/2021/12/10/friday_foss_fest/ for 
> information about what is a Ventoy drive.
>
WS=> A word about the Windows 10 ISO that is available from MS.

I was able to get the ISO running in a VirtualBox VM, but there is a 
catch (with MS there always is).  While you can do many things with the 
ISO install, I found that some of the features are disabled until you 
ACTIVATE it with MS.  For instance, it doesn't allow you to personalize 
the Windows 10 operating system.  I tried to install an old game 
(OBLIVION) and it does install but the game did not work properly.  It 
could be a problem with the VM itself. It really is not a big issue with 
me, it just would be nice if that game worked.  No big deal!

Bill Stanley