How can I upgrade to Windows 7 without product key?

I received a laptop from a friend. Initially, she had vista but upgraded to windows 7. She gave me the original vista disc and disc upgrade.

Vist disc supplied with key-code. The disc of windows 7 did not come with or she can't find it. She wants me to clean the disc. Will I be able to reinstall windows 7, or will I need to go back to vista.

You can try a keyfinder program to extract the key from windows 7.

If you do not have a windows 7 product key, you will need to reinstall Vista.

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