Recoverying OS

[PhoKing]

Hi guys, I'd like to ask something. A while ago my brother bought a Windows 8.1, and it's installed on a old computer.

I want to remove the OS from that hard drive and place it onto a new HDD. Is there any way to do it if I lost the windows box that housed the Serial key for it?

 

Or is there any way to recovery the key?

 

[techguru]

Hi guys, I'd like to ask something. A while ago my brother bought a Windows 8.1, and it's installed on a old computer.

I want to remove the OS from that hard drive and place it onto a new HDD. Is there any way to do it if I lost the windows box that housed the Serial key for it?

 

Or is there any way to recovery the key?

just use magic jellly bean to get the key

then you can just download the iso for 8.1 and install it on the new hdd

 

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/product_cd_key_viewer.html

heres a program to

[vK 3 1 RON]

You can find the key by looking in the control panel. And if you transplant the OS HDD/SSD, you should be fine, you may need to re-input the key again when you load it on another mobo.

[PhoKing]

just use magic jellly bean to get the key

then you can just download the iso for 8.1 and install it on the new hdd

 

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/product_cd_key_viewer.html

heres a program to

So if I run it on the old hard drive, it will recover it for me?

 

You can find the key by looking in the control panel. And if you transplant the OS HDD/SSD, you should be fine, you may need to re-input the key again when you load it on another mobo.

I'm hoping to remove the OS from the old HDD and place it into a new HDD

So i'm going to assume i will need to find the box or something.

[techguru]

So if I run it on the old hard drive, it will recover it for me?

 

I'm hoping to remove the OS from the old HDD and place it into a new HDD

So i'm going to assume i will need to find the box or something.

it should

[PhoKing]

it should

By chance do you know where to look for the key in Control Panel?

[techguru]

By chance do you know where to look for the key in Control Panel?

theres no key in control panel

he doesn't know what he's talking about

the key is encoded in the registry

[PhoKing]

theres no key in control panel

he doesn't know what he's talking about

the key is encoded in the registry

Alright thanks, I'll see what I can do, though I'm presuming that if I run that program, it's required to do it on the same mobo not the new one eh? T T

[techguru]

Alright thanks, I'll see what I can do, though I'm presuming that if I run that program, it's required to do it on the same mobo not the new one eh? T T

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