Can I get the Windows product key my HP laptop came with?

[DSM100]

Hi HP Community,

I have a 1.5 year old HP Pavilion laptop.  It went belly up when I innocently tried to install the Windows 11 H2 2022 update.  I have to flatten and reinstall Windows 11 from a USB image.  How can I get my Windows product key, which I assume I will be asked for to activate the new copy of Windows?  (Someone was too disorganized to find the original paperwork with the product key on it.)  I think I'm 6 months out of warranty, so I really appreciate your guidance.

Thanks,

Windowsless in Seattle

[banhien]

@DSM100 

Please use

           https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/showkeyplus/9pkvzcprx9nv#activetab=pivot:overviewtab 

You can also use the following tool

        https://www.belarc.com/products/belarc-advisor/download

As you can see it gives you old and new keys - they are the same.

       

Regards.

[DSM100]

BH,

I really appreciate your help on this - thanks!

Possibly dumb question, but my system is gone and I have to reload from formatted storage.  Do these tools work in that case?

Thanks,

David

[banhien]

@DSM100 

You can install now and get the key later. You don't need to use the key, machine will automatically activate itself using the embedded key in BIOS

Regards.

[DSM100]

BH,

Super!  Thanks again for this guidance.  I am in the process of doing a reinstall and will validate that this works as advertised after I get that far down the road.

Thanks so much,

David