Help finding Windows 8 cd key

[Floppy Kant Fish]

Hi,

ive replaced the noisy as all hell hard drive with an ssd. Im now installing windows 8 off of a disc and its asking for a cd key.

with my hp laptop, it kept the cd key in the bios, which made it easy.

So where's the cd key?

[Virgule]

Put your noisy HDD drive back in, launch windows, run a keyfinder tool (plenty of them online, just read reviews to ensure it's not spyware) which will find your key in the registry, shut down, plug SSD and install windows using that key.

[Sharif]

Call HP/MS for new key/reactivation 

[Virgule]

Put your noisy HDD drive back in, launch windows, run a keyfinder tool (plenty of them online, just read reviews to ensure it's not spyware) which will find your key in the registry, shut down, plug SSD and install windows using that key.

 You can also find it yourself in the registry http://www.isunshare.com/product-key-finder/find-product-key-for-windows-8-or-8.1.html

[Floppy Kant Fish]

Put your noisy HDD drive back in, launch windows, run a keyfinder tool (plenty of them online, just read reviews to ensure it's not spyware) which will find your key in the registry, shut down, plug SSD and install windows using that key.

 

is there keyfinder you can recommend?

[Floppy Kant Fish]

 You can also find it yourself in the registry http://www.isunshare.com/product-key-finder/find-product-key-for-windows-8-or-8.1.html

ah thats better thanks\

[Virgule]

ah thats better thanks\

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion

[NumLock21]

The Windows Disc will read from the bios to get the key.

[Floppy Kant Fish]

The Windows Disc will read from the bios to get the key.

as i mentioned i know about this feature and it does not work on this laptop

[NumLock21]

as i mentioned i know about this feature and it does not work on this laptop

The CD must be a original from MS. Happened to my HP as well, luckly I bought Win8 for one of my builds and used that and it works.

[Floppy Kant Fish]

The CD must be a original from MS. Happened to my HP as well, luckly I bought Win8 for one of my builds and used that and it works.

i had copied the cd to a usb key, im now trying the disk

[Floppy Kant Fish]

i had copied the cd to a usb key, im now trying the disk

Still no luck, ive also accidently done something really stupid on the hdd, I accidently ran "slmgr/upk", i believe i am totally boned now

 

The CD must be a original from MS. Happened to my HP as well, luckly I bought Win8 for one of my builds and used that and it works.

[NumLock21]

Put your HDD back in and run HP Recovery so it goes back to factory defaults, then use keyfinding tool to recover your key.

The other ways is if, the HDD still boots, the create a set of recovery disc and use that on your SSD.

[Floppy Kant Fish]

Put your HDD back in and run HP Recovery so it goes back to factory defaults, then use keyfinding tool to recover your key.

 

this is a asus laptop that im trying to get the cd key from. it doesn't have a recovery system

[NumLock21]

this is a asus laptop that im trying to get the cd key from. it doesn't have a recovery system

All laptop comes with a recovery partition. Check your manual on how to access the recovery partition

[Floppy Kant Fish]

All laptop comes with a recovery partition. Check your manual on how to access the recovery partition

it doesn't. the manual says to use windows 8 system image recovery with a windows disc

[NumLock21]

it doesn't. the manual says to use windows 8 system image recovery with a windows disc

http://www.asus.com/support/FAQ/1008226

[Floppy Kant Fish]

http://www.asus.com/support/FAQ/1008226

 

I figured it out with out the recovery, apparently the tards over at microsoft figured that 8.1 keys should not work with 8.0 discs. So i had to find an 8.1 iso image online, I found one at ms's site but the download servers where down and about once every 20-30 minutes would be up for a super brief period of time. microsoft really managed to make a simple ssd swap near impossible.