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‎06-20-2016 10:35 AM

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Product: hp 2000-2d28tu
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 (64-bit)
Hey i m here with another question.m hp 2000-2d28tu came pre-installed with Windows 8.1 but due to personal choice i installed windows 7 enterprise 64 bit, n i used it for a long time n now i want to clean install windows 8.1 again, so im looking for that oem product key that came with win8.1 (how fool im, i didnt get oem initially), so can i get that key again by any method, if yes then how....i want to mention that i have updated its bios too... Any help??
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‎06-20-2016 11:25 AM

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beat1

 

You can retrieve the OEM product key using this utility:  Showkey - Windows 10 Forums

 

Good Luck
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‎06-20-2016 09:25 PM

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It says oem key not present in firmware,getting confused....
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‎06-20-2016 09:29 PM

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Is it possible that it would be deleted by me accidentally??
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‎06-21-2016 09:50 AM

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Try this method:

 

http://www.thewindowsclub.com/find-windows-product-key

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‎06-21-2016 10:00 AM

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Your problem could be because you have a "downgraded" laptop which now has two product keys in the system.

 

See this:

 

"how can I retrieve the key from a downgraded machine that runs Windows 7?"

 

http://www.nextofwindows.com/how-to-retrieve-windows-8-oem-product-key-from-bios

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‎06-21-2016 11:02 AM

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Karenuk i used rweverything program and when i checked acpi icon there was no msdm table at all.... Do u know why plz explain me too
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‎06-21-2016 12:09 PM

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Are you clicking the MSDM tab?

 

If it does not work try this one:

 

http://www.nextofwindows.com/firmwaretablesview-to-retrieve-windows-8-1-product-key-from-bios/

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‎06-21-2016 09:50 PM

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There is no msdm tab, there are so many other tabs but not msdm under acpi icon.. Plz explain me why
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‎06-22-2016 04:07 AM

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If RW-Everything cannot show a MSDM tab it essentially means there is no BIOS embedded SLP key. 

I can only suggest you re-install W8.1 using HP recovery media.

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