Panic set in. The CNC software vendor went out of business in 2018. The only thing that could revive the $80,000 machine was a fresh installation on a new SSD. They had the original license key (stuck on the side of the PC case), but no installation media.
The Situation A small manufacturing company, Precision Prototypes , had a critical CNC milling machine. The machine was controlled by an industrial PC that ran Windows 7 Professional 64-bit . The PC was not connected to the internet (air-gapped), but it was stable. One day, its hard drive clicked its last click and died.
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Panic set in. The CNC software vendor went out of business in 2018. The only thing that could revive the $80,000 machine was a fresh installation on a new SSD. They had the original license key (stuck on the side of the PC case), but no installation media.
The Situation A small manufacturing company, Precision Prototypes , had a critical CNC milling machine. The machine was controlled by an industrial PC that ran Windows 7 Professional 64-bit . The PC was not connected to the internet (air-gapped), but it was stable. One day, its hard drive clicked its last click and died.