Reinstall windows 8 with the help of oem product key

[crazyrobbin]

I want to re install windows 8 by using the oem product key. I am using HP m4-1003TX model. After making bootable pendrive and booting through pendrive the following message appears - "the product key entered does not match any of the windows image available for installation". 

[banhien]

Hi,

Where do you get the product key ?

Regards.

[crazyrobbin]

I want to clean install windows 8 without any backupdisk by using my OEM product key provided by HP when I bought my laptop.

[banhien]

Hi,

No, HP won't supply product key for Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 pre-installed computers. Again, where do you get it ?

Regards.

[crazyrobbin]

The windows, that HP gave has been removed from my latop. And now I want to reinstall windows 8. By reading various threads I come to know that I should run setup of windows and it will automatically read product key from BIOS, provided by HP but it throws out the following error - 

"the product key entered does not match any of the windows images available for installation"

I dont want any product key from HP, I just want to reuse the key provided by hp when I bought my laptop and I dont have any recovey media

[banhien]

Hi,
 
The key is in the BIOS of your machine, please use the following tool to get it:

   http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

When run this tool, it produces a report, scroll down to Software Management section. Windows 8 or 8.1 product key is in there.

Regards,

[crazyrobbin]

The problem is that I am not getting any screen to enter any product key, after starting setup it throws out following message - "the product key entered does not match any of the windows imaged available for installation".

It is reading key automatically.   

[visruth]

Hi there


The question is from where did you get the Windows 8 installation media?

If you've got it from Microsoft website, it'll not work in OEM machines. It is strictly a retail ISO file.

You can try CLEAN install of Windows 8.1 Update in your Windows 8 laptop by following Option 1 in this tutorial:
http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/18309-windows-8-windows-8-1-iso-download-create.html

The Windows 8.1 Update would automatically get activated on installation.

Note: Confirm that your support page provides all the necessary drivers for Windows 8.1 before downloading ISO.

Regards

Visruth

[crazyrobbin]

Currently I am using windows 7 . And the above method didn't worked for me.

[visruth · Accepted solution]

Hi there

Your laptop came with Windows 8 64bit Core edition
http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c03743644

It doesn't matter what you're using now.

The Windows 8 product key is embedded in the BIOS chip. B . I have installed Windows 8.1 Update in few of my Windows 8 laptops using the tutorial.

So the reason the above method didn't work, means either you didn't follow it properly or your BIOS key is corrupted.

I suggest you follow the tutorial promptly. Download the media creation tool & subsequently the appropriate edition of Windows 8.1 ISO according to the Windows 8 edition installed in your laptop. For eg. Windows 8.1 64bit Core Single Language (SL) edition.

Disable Secure boot & enable Legacy in BIOS:
http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c03653226

Make bootable USB of the downloaded ISO and Clean install the OS by booting from it.


Regards

Visruth