1. Hardware Loss Windows 10 And Serial Key Recovery From Dead Motherboards
2. Hardware Loss Windows 10 And Serial Key Recovery From Dead Motherboard Free

My new laptop came preinstalled with Windows 8. Naively, as I am, I just formatted the harddrive and installed fine old Ubuntu. Now I want to install Windows 8 for dual boot again, but I have no DVD and do download the ISO one needs a product key. That key is not on the back of the laptop anymore but somewhere on the mainboard.

Is there any way to recover the product key from the mainboard using Ubuntu?

Since the hardware has changed, how would that affect the Windows 10 product key? How do you find the product key in your Windows 10 upgrade? To your Motherboard, so Windows will more than likely use the Motherboard serial number, or possibly even its MAC address as verification as these are things which are unique to each piece of hardware. HP Motherboard Tattoo. Discussion in 'Hardware' started by dad47, Mar 12, 2006. Or toss the Recovery CD's with the dead motherboard, and the sad HP case and PSU, and get yourself a real computer. Or use someone's windows xp cd and enter my own activation key of my OEM OS? Wdro, Mar 12, 2006 #14.

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Usually, OEM manufacturers have preloaded a key electronically on a ROM. Windows will identify this and automatically activate your installation. So, usually, you don't need to know this code. However, you may see some trace of this using

listed as OEM-specific Types, encoded/encrypted, which may hold it. Major OEMs like HP and Dell use this. Ask on Windows websites for more details; this is the wrong place. The only detail I remember is that one needs an OEM version of the Windows installation disc (i.e. non-retail).

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Another way that doesn't require looking through a ton of output is:

acpidump dumps the table (default in hexdump format), but the -b options tells it to output the raw data. Since we only need the last part of the table, pipe the output into dd, but but skip the unnecessary junk. Finally, add an echo at the end to make it terminal-friendly =D

acpidump -t MSDM will work as well, but the key is broken over multiple lines, making it hard to copy.

Update thanks to Lekensteyn:

New versions of acpidump shipped with Ubuntu work differently than described above. The -b flag causes acpidump to write to a file under all circumstances, so an alternative method is to use the command

A legitimate Windows 8 installer should automatically detect the key in the ACPI and continue installing with the built-in key.

It should be noted, however, that I used this method to try to install Win8 in a VM using my own product key, but it automatically deactivated saying that the product key was in use. So, it's of little use in all reality. Since Win8 OEM keys are designed to be tied to that specific computer, you'll hit a brick wall if you ask Microsoft to unregister the key so you can use it in a VM, let alone another computer.

The only way you could use the key is if you had never booted into Win8 to begin with or weren't connected to a network when you did. How to see windows activation key. Even so, if your VM/new computer is ever allowed to connect to the network, it will automatically register the key making your actual installation unusable.

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Hardware Loss Windows 10 And Serial Key Recovery From Dead Motherboards

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This got me the Product Key of my OEM Windows 8 on MSI laptop.

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You can all so use this code that works as well if the ones above don't work for you or you just want to see the hex output with your key. It's similar to bless hex binary editor. Windows will have their key in the usual format HAN50-0L00M-4D31T-CR4ZY. 5 letters or numbers in 5 groups.

Running the following command will dump the product key in its standard Microsoft format.

Hardware Loss Windows 10 And Serial Key Recovery From Dead Motherboard Free

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Before you sell or recycle an old computer, you might want to take your Windows license and use it on a different PC. The How-To Geek offers instructions for uninstalling your product key and installing it on a new PC.

You just need to open the Command Prompt in administrative mode and run two commands to uninstall the product key. Installing it is just as easy using the same 'slmrg' command.

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You should note this fine print from the article before proceeding:

Note: Between Microsoft and your OEM there are a number of different laws that determine whether you are allowed to use your license on another PC, so follow this tutorial at your own risk. Additionally before you go through the tutorial you will want to check that your product key is still attached to your PC/Installation CD, if it is not , do a quick Google search on how to recover it.

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(You can recover the product key using previously mentionedProduKey, even if your computer is broken.)

Reveal product keys and ID's with ProduKey

Similar to previously-mentioned Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder, ProduKey is a Windows utility that…

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For the full instructions, see the tutorial below.

How To Uninstall Your Windows Product Key Before You Sell Your PC How-To Geek

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