Windows 10 Recovery disc?

[Danielh90]

Hi I would like to make a windows 10 Recovery disc so If i need to factory reset for any reason I can. My issue is my windows key. Did it transfer with the upgraded from windows 8.1? or do i need to find it. If i do need to find it how would i? 

[Danielh90]

bump 

[Keco185]

There's a program called key finder that works well for retrieving the windows product key from the registry.

https://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder/

[Dabasepc]

It's another key for W10.

[Danielh90]

There's a program called key finder that works well for retrieving the windows product key from the registry.

https://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder/

Thank and should I use a disc or a usb? 

[Dabasepc]

To find your key in 3 seconds

 

First, open an Administrator Command Prompt by right-clicking the Start button or pressing Windows Key + X and selecting Command Prompt (Admin).

 

Type the following command and press Enter

 

slmgr.vbs /ato

[Keco185]

The choice of how you want to store a backup is up to you. I personally prefer USB drives as optical media is on its way out but you can use whatever you feel comfortable with.

[Dabasepc]

Thank and should I use a disc or a usb? 

 

USB easier. just use rufus to put the .iso on it. also look up my comment to find key up ^

[Danielh90]

USB easier. just use rufus to put the .iso on it. also look up my comment to find key up ^

How should I put the iso on ? should I use the Recovery setup in the control panel or download the iso off the microsoft download page? 

[Dabasepc]

How should I put the iso on ? should I use the Recovery setup in the control panel or download the iso off the microsoft download page? 

download clean iso from microsoft website and burn the .iso on the USB stick using Rufus here.

[DaveSimonH]

To find your key in 3 seconds

 

First, open an Administrator Command Prompt by right-clicking the Start button or pressing Windows Key + X and selecting Command Prompt (Admin).

 

Type the following command and press Enter

 

slmgr.vbs /ato

 

Might just be an issue with my key, being a w10 preview that they upgraded to Pro, but when I ran that it came up with a 32 digit key. Here's a simple script to show standard 25 digit key, from howtogeek forum;

 

Copy and paste the following into a Notepad window:

Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

MsgBox ConvertToKey(WshShell.RegRead("HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\DigitalProductId"))

 

Function ConvertToKey(Key)

Const KeyOffset = 52

i = 28

Chars = "BCDFGHJKMPQRTVWXY2346789"

Do

Cur = 0

x = 14

Do

Cur = Cur * 256

Cur = Key(x + KeyOffset) + Cur

Key(x + KeyOffset) = (Cur \ 24) And 255

Cur = Cur Mod 24

x = x -1

Loop While x >= 0

i = i -1

KeyOutput = Mid(Chars, Cur + 1, 1) & KeyOutput

If (((29 - i) Mod 6) = 0) And (i <> -1) Then

i = i -1

KeyOutput = "-" & KeyOutput

End If

Loop While i >= 0

ConvertToKey = KeyOutput

End Function

 

 

You’ll need to use File -> Save As, change the “Save as type” to “All Files” and then name it productkey.vbs or something similar ending with the vbs extension. We’d recommend saving to the desktop for easy access.

 

When ran it looks like this;