Getting my Windows 8 product key?

markggriffiths

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Hi there,

I have recently installed Windows 8 Pro onto a newly installed hard drive as my previous HDD broke but its asking me for the product key before it will update to Windows 10. I have a Toshiba Laptop which came with Windows 7, and is a Windows 7 product key installed in the OEM, i upgraded to windows 8 when it first came out.

I do not have the confirmation email i received when i upgraded and nor do i remember my email address i used at the time.

Can anyone help with what i can do to resolve this issue or will i need to revert back and install Windows 7 using the key printed on the underneath of the laptop/OEM, and upgrade to Windows 10 that way?, will that allow me to upgrade to Windows 10?

Also where can i get a download of Windows 7 Home Prem OA, im not sure what the prem OA means but that is what it states on the sticker on the underneath of the laptop.

Please help asap.

Kind Regards

Mark
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
This script might help-

View attachment ShowKey v1.3.vbs

What it shows-

screenshot_300.jpg
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1.1 Pro with Media Center
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Gateway
    CPU
    AMD K140 Cores 2 Threads 2 Name AMD K140 Package Socket FT1 BGA Technology 40nm
    Motherboard
    Manufacturer Gateway Model SX2110G (P0)
    Memory
    Type DDR3 Size 8192 MBytes DRAM Frequency 532.3 MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI AMD Radeon HD 7310 Graphics
    Sound Card
    AMD High Definition Audio Device Realtek High Definition Audio USB Audio Device
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Name 1950W on AMD Radeon HD 7310 Graphics Current Resolution 1366x768 pixels Work Resolution 1366x76
    Screen Resolution
    Current Resolution 1366x768 pixels Work Resolution 1366x768 pixels
    Hard Drives
    AMD K140
    Cores 2
    Threads 2
    Name AMD K140
    Package Socket FT1 BGA
    Technology 40nm
    Specification AMD E1-1200 APU with Radeon HD Graphics
    Family F
    Extended Family 14
    Model 2
    Extended Model 2
    Stepping 0
    Revision ON-C0
    Instruction
    Browser
    Opera 24.0
    Antivirus
    Avast Internet Security
No it says key not present in firmware due to the fact the laptop came with windows 7 pre-installed and i upgraded to windows 8. The laptop still ahs the windows 7 key in the OEM
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
ok. :eek:
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1.1 Pro with Media Center
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Gateway
    CPU
    AMD K140 Cores 2 Threads 2 Name AMD K140 Package Socket FT1 BGA Technology 40nm
    Motherboard
    Manufacturer Gateway Model SX2110G (P0)
    Memory
    Type DDR3 Size 8192 MBytes DRAM Frequency 532.3 MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI AMD Radeon HD 7310 Graphics
    Sound Card
    AMD High Definition Audio Device Realtek High Definition Audio USB Audio Device
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Name 1950W on AMD Radeon HD 7310 Graphics Current Resolution 1366x768 pixels Work Resolution 1366x76
    Screen Resolution
    Current Resolution 1366x768 pixels Work Resolution 1366x768 pixels
    Hard Drives
    AMD K140
    Cores 2
    Threads 2
    Name AMD K140
    Package Socket FT1 BGA
    Technology 40nm
    Specification AMD E1-1200 APU with Radeon HD Graphics
    Family F
    Extended Family 14
    Model 2
    Extended Model 2
    Stepping 0
    Revision ON-C0
    Instruction
    Browser
    Opera 24.0
    Antivirus
    Avast Internet Security
if you do not have access to your windows 8/8.1 product key
you have to go back to windows 7
if you do not have a windows 7 Disk
your gonna have to try and find one..
MS has a website to download windows 7 .. But you need to provide a retail key to access the download..
Yours most likely is an OEM Key, and that won't allow access to the download
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 3.1 > Windows 10
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS 8700
    CPU
    I7
    Memory
    24 GB
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