Windows 8.1 product key

[DAGEEK]

I was trying out Ubuntu but accidentally formatted my hard drive and lost my windows 8.1 product key now I want to go back is their any way to search my motherboard for the product key

[Jobbe03]

-Don't do that.-

[qwertywarrior]

is this a dell (etc) pc

or did you build it your self  ?

[qwertywarrior]

edit

ninja

[DAGEEK]

is this a dell (etc) pc

or did you build it your self  ?

I built it

[Erik4boss]

I built it

contact microsoft and tell them your motherboard and hard drive died.

[qwertywarrior]

I built it

yeah ur screwed

[Tech_Dreamer]

are we talking about a desktop or a laptop? usually laptop oem windows key is somewhere near the back of the ext shell.

 

i dont think windows 8 key is stuck to a motherboard on a desktop.

[DAGEEK]

are we talking about a desktop or a laptop?

desktop

[Tech_Dreamer]

desktop

so how'd you install windows in the first place?

[DAGEEK]

so how'd you install windows in the first place?

I had a product key but then I lost it

[Tech_Dreamer]

wow! in that case i'm afraid we can do nothing , you should've backed it up before hand , formating the hard drive means you will overwrite previous data with new one. unless you have bought it directly from microsoft & registered it via an email id you have , you got a chance of recovering it that way.But, if you got it someotherway, then you're screwed.