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PiberiusWilde
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I'll make this quick. So basically my neighbor did a Linus to his laptop and now the hard disk is dead. I think that it was previously installed with windows 8 pro

 

QUESTION: if I replaced it and install windows 10 or 8 on it, can it grab the license key from somewhere in the hardware? or I have to buy a new license key?

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the licence key should be linked with the laptop. So when you connect with wifi it should automatically activate windows. I know this is what happens with oem laptops running windows 10 but not too sure about windows 8

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1 minute ago, peiberius said:

if I replaced it and install windows 10 or 8 on it, can it grab the license key from somewhere in the hardware? or I have to buy a new license key?

In my experience, it will just grab the license and otherwise you just need to enter the 8 license, if there is a sticker present.

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No, no serial needed, you can just skip the license key and use it non-activated (with watermark).

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