Where to find windows key

[SkixAces]

So I made a topic yesterday about a friends windows 10 which is f*cked up :http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/436709-windows-10-loophole/#entry5854044

And I spoke to him again today (I am going to fix the laptop tomorow) and I asked if he still has the windows key.

He said it used to be on the bottom of the laptop but it has faded away, and is unreadable.

Is there any way to retrieve his windows key by putting the hdd with his broken windows 10 into another pc and then reading it off of it somewhere?

I were going to put the hdd in another pc anyway to retrieve his files which are still on there.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

[Naijin]

This will help you find the key easily, or others if you need to.

http://www.howtogeek.com/206329/how-to-find-your-lost-windows-or-office-product-keys/

[Mikkeli222]

The windows key is located at the bottom of the keyboard, between ctrl and alt

 

sorry

[kameshss]

Use Speccy software

[SkixAces]

there is a script to type into notepad for this.

 

i'll post it below, you save it as a .vbs and run it, it will display the system key on the OS that is running

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

But the os isnt running. The os on the hdd is broken so I want to put it into a different pc as a secondary hdd to copy all his files, and potentionally read his windows key, if possible

[SkixAces]

This will help you find the key easily, or others if you need to.

http://www.howtogeek.com/206329/how-to-find-your-lost-windows-or-office-product-keys/

Thanks, I found my anwser on that site.

 

If you want to recover a key from a dead computer, you can hook up the hard drive to a working pc, and then run ProduKey and use File -> Select Source to point to the external Windows directory. You can then grab the keys from that computer easily."