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I don't have a Windows 8 license key, just the OEM key that came with the computer, which will not register a retail Windows 8 copy. And I don't have a windows 8 install disk either.

AOMEI was the only backup software I could find that could backup an entire hard drive to the same drive, while the computer is booted into Windows. Is there any other solution? I really don't want to have to reinstall Windows.

Yes, it was an image backup. Data isn't my problem, I'm using a laptop that came with Windows 8 installed on it, and I can't really upgrade (I can't afford it). I know the easiest route is to reinstall Windows, but I just want to make sure that I don't have any other solutions first.

So, anyone else have any ideas on how to fix this?

So, one day I decided I wanted to do a backup using AOMEI Backupper, just for safety. It backed up, and a few days later my hard drive corrupted. So I bought a new hard drive (same size and RPM as original) and went to restore the backup. One the recovery disk that AOMEI created booted up, I...