Compaq CQ58: Windows authentication after the restoration?

Hello

The hard drive in my laptop girlfriends died. I can't do general recovery, but I can buy one here at HP.

Hard drive is easy to change.

Question is, do I need the windows authentication code during installation? We have no more of this code.

Peter

Hi Peter,.

You are welcome

Unlike previous editions of Windows, where there was a visible label with the product key, any machine shipped with Windows 8 or 8.1 is the activation key into a physical (uefi bios) chip on the system board.

Once you have installed the new hard drive, windows 8 recovery media will read this key during the installation and will activate automatically - you will not be prompted to enter a product key.

Kind regards

DP - K

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