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‎10-24-2018 10:52 AM

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Product: Example: Pavilion g6 Notebook
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

Hello, I recently got duped into thinkking iw as purchasing a legit win 10 pro product key.

I used it to clean install my originally win 7 operating system. 

I heard that you can still activate win 10 using my windows 7 product key however i can no longer see it on the sticker.

As i have clean installed the laptop will it no longer be written somewhere on the system?

If so is there some way of finding the OS Win 7 product key using the Hp laptop product number?

 

Kind Regards

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‎10-24-2018 12:58 PM

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You can try to find your existing Windows key with this tool;

 

http://neosmart.net/OemKey/

I am just a nerd not HP guy 🙂

---->> Please make sure you click Solution button here ↓↓↓ if I have given you the solution.
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‎10-24-2018 01:01 PM

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Tools like those will find my new win 10 key as i have clean installed it. However i want my old win 7 key before the install. Thanks
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‎10-24-2018 05:53 PM

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@FirasNasar wrote:
Tools like those will find my new win 10 key as i have clean installed it. However i want my old win 7 key before the install. Thanks

There may be a product key inside the battery compartment.

If there isn't, read https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/bph07143

 

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