product key

[Digambarmore47]

How to know about the product key for my PC which i have purchased 5 years back and windows was preinstalled in it please help me in the same 

[RickMtl]

Usually there is a sticker somewhere on the tower (or laptop) with the alpha-numeric code (25 characters)

There is also a free utility from NirSoft (great company) most are portable apps and I carry around many of their utilities

Check this one out, it may help you

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

[Paul_Tikkanen]

@Digambarmore47 

Your PC came with W10 Home from HP.

Specs HP Pavilion Gaming 15-ec0042ax AMD Ryzen™ 5 3550H Laptop 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR4-SDR...

That means the W10 product key is encrypted in the BIOS.

PC's that come with Windows from any PC manufacturer must have the product keys encrypted in the PC's BIOS since W8 came out in 2012.

You do not need the product key to reinstall Windows.

Windows will activate after you are connected to the internet.

Make a bootable W10 installation flash drive with the Media creation tool to reinstall W10.

Download Windows 10

After W10 has completed installing, you can install the drivers and available software from your notebook's support page.

HP Pavilion Gaming - 15-ec0042ax Software and Driver Downloads | HP® Support