FACTORY WINDOWS KEY (ORIGINAL HDD DIED) NEW SSD NEW WINDOWS INSTALLATION

[RAMON44]

MY HARD DRIVE DIED AND NOW I HAVE A NEW SSD , BUT I NEED TO INSTALL WINDOWS IN THE NEW SSD BUT I DONT HAVE THE FACTORY WINDOWS KEY . WHERE CAN I FIND THE FACTORY WINDOWS KEY ? I HAVE THE FACTORY  MOBO & CPU

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

Here's how you can reinstall W8.1 for free by using the W8 product key in your notebook's BIOS.

Install W8.1 by creating the Microsoft installation media, using another Windows PC, if yours is not working...You want W8.1 64 bit.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows8ISO

If you are asked to enter a product key during the installation process, use this generic key.

This is the generic key for W8.1 'Standard.'

334NH-RXG76-64THK-C7CKG-D3VPT

If you had to enter the generic key, manually change the generic product key to the W8 key in your PC's BIOS in the PC settings menu.

After you get W8.1 installed, and you had to manually enter the W8.1 generic product key, you will need to run the free utility I zipped up and attached below, that will show you show the W8 product key in your PC's BIOS.

Use the free Rufus utility to transfer the ISO file to a USB flash drive so that it is bootable.

Rufus - Create bootable USB drives the easy way

Then you can install the available drivers and software from your PC's support page.

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