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‎02-29-2020 04:55 PM

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Product: HP Pavilion dv7-6163us

I bought an used laptop model HP Pavilion dv7-6163us and I want to restore to factory settings. Also I want to update the BIOS.

The windows serial still readable but cant see wich version of OS belong to

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‎03-01-2020 04:07 AM

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Hi

https://support.hp.com/gb-en/product/hp-pavilion-dv7-6100-entertainment-notebook-pc-series/5082216/m...

 

Whether there is an F11 function available, maybe the above manuals can help.

It was Windows 7 I believe.

 

As to updating the BIOS?

https://support.hp.com/gb-en/drivers/selfservice/hp-pavilion-dv7-6100-entertainment-notebook-pc-seri...

HP Notebook System BIOS Update (Intel Processors)
F.1B Rev.A 5.0MB Oct 31,2011 Download
HP Notebook System BIOS Update (Intel Processors)
F.13 5.0MB May 6,2011 Download


ShowKeyPlus from the Microsoft Store (probably the best choice).
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/showkeyplus/9pkvzcprx9nv?activetab=pivot:overviewtab

The output is like this....
ShowKeyPlus - Windows Product Key Information

Product Name: Windows 10 Home
Version: 12345.678 (64-bit OS)
Product ID: 00000-00000-00000-AAOEM
Installed Key: 12345-67890-09876-54321
OEM Key: MICRO-SOFTY-WINDO-WSTEN-64BIT
OEM Edition: Win 10 RTM Core OEM:DM


ALSO
KeyFinderInstaller may help.…
https://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder/
It gives this…. – CD Key: 12345-67890-09876-54321

ELSE
There is a possibility of finding the same value in the Registry....
USING RegEdit the key is listed below and it’s content also shown.
Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SoftwareProtectionPlatform

BackupProductKeyDefault 12345-67890-09876-54321

Three different names for the same value in 3 different software methods.


If in doubt please ask.

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