That’s because even a grey market Windows key costs US$20 nowadays and that’s over ₹1,600. For comparison purposes, the largest Indian banknote is ₹500.

I wasn’t aware that rsync also copied system files. I’m curious to know why my method is unsafe. The only potential problem I see with what I did is mixing up if and of in dd.

Some people don’t want their computer to be a challenge. They don’t want to be able to notice the operating system at all. For most people, the operating system is a means to an end.