How to install Windows 8 without a product key?

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• How to install windows 8 using an product key OEM (under construction)

  Hello everyone. I bought a computer laptop sony vaio about a year ago and he had 8 integrated windows which clrealy means that the product key is embedded in the motherboard. Now the thing is I want to dual boot with ubuntu and use it alongside windows 8.1 (that I've updated 8) and the ubuntu installation went a little worse. When I went to reinstall I erased by mistake my hard drive and all I was left with was an operating system reinstalled ubuntu.  Now I know that the product key for the windows kernel 8 is in my motherboard, so I want to install windows 8 on it, but it seems that there is no way I can get the iso standard for installation. I tried to use the 'upgrade of windows with a single product key' by Microsoft after the extraction of my key by using a program, but it says my key cannot be used to obtain a version of windows.

  Im stuck pretty bad here now, and any help would be appreciated. -There should be a solution because after all I don't have a genuine product key-

  As you probably know, most of the machines are supplied with recovery disks more, they just put in another partition on the hard drive.  Sometimes, you can get this in now shift while clicking the option restart from the menu of the power.

  Given that, most of the manufacturers have prepared with their own solutions. My computer Vaio from Sony has a button of special pinhole that I had to press with a paper clip to enter into recovery mode.  Other manufacturers have other options, some require a USB thumbdrive to enter recovery, or a CD.

  At this point, you probably want to contact your manufacturer to find out which method of recovery they use.  I hate to bring bad news, but they'll probably say "why did not a recovery USB disk? (as if someone creates their own set of disks of repair when they receive a new computer).

  Help a friend with a Dell laptop (did not have a problem, but wanted to install a pure one)

  passing), Dell sent us a free night FedEx ship from a restore CD. The manufacturer of your can be so nice. I know that Sony was not. If the recovery of my Vaio button didn't work, they wanted $60 for a CD!

  Anyway, the manufacturer is your best bet, that now, if you don't have a USB self made for recovery.

• someone installed windows 7 without a product key and my microsoft does not work how can I fix this

  Vista Windows

  "randall38" wrote in message News: b36ad638-74fb-4791-935f-dbb1f50a047e...

  Vista Windows

  There are three ways to correct this
  (1) back to the original installation - assuming that the one who did the installation just ran the upgrade rather than a custom installation (is there a "windows.old. This folder?)
  (2) buy a copy of Windows 7, which corresponds to the current installation and use the key from that to make your authentic system
  (3) use your manufacturer to return to the initial installation system recovery disks.
   
  Note that options 1 and 3 can lead to data loss - so make sure that you back up your data on external backup first!
  
  --

  Noel Paton | Nil Carborundum Illegitemi | CrashFixPC | The lazy three fingers

• How to switch from windows 7 to windows 8 without a product key.

  How to switch from windows 7 to windows 8 without any product key

  Hello

  Sorry, you have problems with the upgrade to Windows 8 or want you that Windows 8 free? You can't get Windows 8 free. If you try to install Windows 8 via disk then please see this page:

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/wiki/windows8_1-windows_install/download-a-bootable-Windows-81-disc/17207153-902f-4b94-bf95-85ab70ca7064

  If your current Windows 7 PC is readable for 10 Windows PC; You can upgrade your PC for free, no hidden prices and this is a full version.

  If your version of Windows 7 Starter, Home Basic or Home Premium then your PC is promoted to 10 Windows Home.

  If your version of Windows 7 Professional or ultimate edition, so your PC is upgraded to Windows Pro 10.

  If you have any more concerns with the upgrade, see

  http://www.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/features

  Hope that the information was useful. If you need help more, feel free to contact me or anyone!

  RT

• Floppy disks to install Windows 7 and the product keys are exclusive to each other?

  Floppy disks to install Windows 7 and the product keys are exclusive to each other?  Or can I use a disc that I have to restore the windows on a second laptop and activate it with a different product key?  It is not a question to find out how many users I can put in place, but whether the disk and product key are mutually exclusive.

  As long as the product key matches the edition, it should work perfectly, no exclusivity.

• NB100 - how to install Windows 7 without CD player

  Hello. I was wondering if anyone knows how to install Windows 7 Pentecost on a CD player.

  I have an external HARD drive.
  Is - this posibel to make an image on this one to boot from?

  Hmm, I think that's not possible.
  I know that it was possible to install Win XP without the disc.
  You simply copied the folder integer i386 to the HARD disk and executed to the Winnt. EXE

  I have no experience with Win 7 but I also didn t find details that something like that would not be possible so I guess that's not possible

• How to install Windows XP without activation key?

  HELP Please with family XP Edition activation key on a used cd

  I had to do a full scan on my laptop and the only thing that I had to go with was a version of windows XP HOME EDITION SP2 2002 it says activate windows. I don't have an activation code. What should I do? Thank you. And when I run activate windows, it says unauthorized product key. And I'm your minutes on my phone so unfortunately im a bit stuck. any help is appreciated thanks

  If the copy you have came preinstalled on your laptop, then contact the manufacturer of your computer for a replacement key. If it's a touch of detail, you can call the Microsoft Customer Service for a replacement key:

  Visit the Microsoft Solution Center and antivirus security for resources and tools to keep your PC safe and healthy.  If you have problems with the installation of the update itself, visit the Microsoft Update Support for resources and tools to keep your PC updated with the latest updates.

• How to install Windows Vista without an installation disk?

  I want to preinstall Vista on my laptop. I have both the laptop with Win Vista license but there is no instalation disk. Now, I want to make a clear installation but I can't find a way to get a Vista disk. I am looking for the download link, but vain windows.com, I only get Service Pak 2 link. Help, please.

  Hello

  There are several methods to reinstall Vista.

  There is no Windows Vista downloads available from Microsoft.

  You can contact your computer manufacturer and ask them to send you a set of recovery disks.

  They should do this for a small fee.

  To reinstall Vista using their recovery disk/s, you start from the 1st recovery disk they provide and follow the manufacturer's instructions to reinstall:

  You need to change the Boot order to make the DVD/CD drive 1st in the boot order:

  How to change the Boot order in BIOS:

  http://pcsupport.about.com/od/fixtheproblem/SS/bootorderchange.htm

  "How to replace Microsoft software or hardware, order service packs and replace product manuals.

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/326246

  And if you have never received a recovery disk when you bought your computer, there should be a recovery Partition on the hard drive to reinstall Vista on how you purchased your computer.

  The recovery process can be started by pressing a particular combination of the key or keys at startup. (Power on / start)

  Maybe it's F10, F11, Alt + F10, etc., depending on the manufacturer.

  Ask them to the proper key sequence.

  And if you do not score a manufacturer of recovery on your hard drive, you should be able to make your own recovery from her disks to reinstall the operating system.

  Go to programs > name of the manufacturer of your computer > then their system or recovery tools software topics for them, depending on how it is formulated.

  If you can't find any reference to it, contact the manufacturer for advice on how to make these recovery disks.

  Some manufacturers have more available Vista recovery disks.

  If this happens, you may need to try this instead:

  You can also borrow and use a Microsoft Vista DVD, which contains the files for the different editions of Vista (Home Basic, Home Premium, Business and Ultimate) must be installed. The product key on your computer / Laptop box determines what Edition is installed.

  Other manufacturers recovery DVDs are should not be used for this purpose.

  And you need to know the version of 'bit' for Vista, as 32-bit and 64-bit editions come on different DVDs

  Here's how to do a clean install of Vista using a DVD of Vista from Microsoft:

  "How to do a clean install and configure with a full Version of Vista '

  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/117366-clean-install-full-version-Vista.html

  And once the operating system is installed, go to your computer manufacturer's website and get the latest drivers for your particular model or laptop computer.

  And phone Activation may be necessary when you use the above installation method.

  "How to activate Vista normally and by Activation of the phone '

  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/84488-activate-Vista-phone.html

  See you soon.

• Portege 2000 - how to install Windows XP without ODD and FDD?

  I have this Toshiba Portege 2000 old OS crashed a few days ago. This laptop is not an optical drive and a floppy drive.

  The first thing is mind is to purchase an external optical drive which I did, but it does not seem to boot from it. I have trouble to install Windows XP but nothing helped.
  Can you guys please help me?

  The last option I have in mind would be to install Windows XP on a network. The portege 2000 is able to boot from PXE, the thing is that I don't know how to do it! Can someone tell me how to boot from PXE?

  Thank you very much.

  I don't know Mr. but as far as I know if copy you the Windows XP CD to HARD disk and then you start from external floppy drive (it should work) you can start the installation.
  Copy the XP CD to your HARD drive with a drive enclosure external DRIVE on another computer, create a boot floppy XP and start from it.
  Go to the I386 folder and start the WINNT. EXE

  Or you use the CD/DVD drive from another computer with the netbootdisk. I found this with Google:
  http://netbootdisk.com/

• How to install Windows 7 without deleting the files?

  I want to configure my pc... If I... custom (advanced) of choice for installation it removes my image of video files, alll my d etc, data of the e drive... I want to configure windows delet without my E, D data drive.

  2. I saw more player for the format... which I choos what c drive, or system daynamic.

  See the instructions how to perform a custom installation. Don't choose any options such as format or delete.

  How to: perform a customized Windows installation

  Refer to Windows 7.

• How to install Windows 7 WITHOUT EFI

  First of all, the question full (long) story below.

  I wish to get a complete picture of a Windows 7 operating system that I backed up on my other server. But I get the error unable to restore a system image on a computer with a different firmware "Windows. "The System Image has been created by a computer using the BIOS and this computer uses EFI.

  The image has certainly taken this machine - the firmware has not changed!

  What should I do to restore the image?

  Background story...

  I bought a new laptop HP 255, by-installed with Windows 7 without OS install disks (I won't EVER stupid enough to do it again!).

  I took a complete picture of the systems, as suggested by while I was well saved.

  However, my machine has corrupted its operating systems with a few weeks. Recovery boot CD does not work (wouldn't boot). So in desperation, and because time was short I went out and bought another copy legitimate DVD of Windows 7 with a license key (so now I have 2 copies of legitimate operating system!).

  I installed the new copy of Windows 7, but it was terrible, because many pilots had disappeared. Especially the missing drivers were not available on the site of HP support for this machine.

  So, I created a new new version of Windows recovery disk and tried to restore using that. New boot disk loads ok, I can find the old image on my network (after loading some network drivers). But I will not install the image - which gives the above error message.

  I tried to delete the EFI partition from disk (using GPARTED to reformat this partition). Who killed the Windows 7 on the machine - but always gives the same error message when I try to recreate the image on the machine.

  I tried to go into the BIOS settings... HP 255 has a "legacy Mode" - which I activated, but it makes no difference at all!

  I think the kind of solutions, I'm looking for might be:

  1. There is a great way of disabling EFI on my 255 so that it resembles a machine BIOS inherited, or

  2. This EFI is plugged into my new start-up recovery disk - and there is a way to create a recovery disk that doesn't use EFI

  It took me about 2 weeks until now, and I'm at the point just junking this machine and Ubuntu installation!

  Hi Don,

  I can certainly understand your concern and appreciate your efforts. As you mentioned you have made changes in the BIOS, you must contact the manufacturer to solve this problem (as mentioned by the previous Support Engineer).

  You can also try referring to the Microsoft community links below:

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/Windows_7-windows_install/Win7-cannot-be-installed-to-this-disk-selected/d4040fec-567f-47ad-AFC9-91f223219898

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/Windows_7-windows_install/Windows-7-the-selected-disk-has-an-MBR-partition/5aee7be1-3038-4290-A283-75806dc1be1f?page=1

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/windows_8-system/system-image-restore-fails-because-of-efibios/f9ddf5ac-47f1-4ef7-A5ef-b3d532b13e13

  I hope this helps.

• Install Windows 8 pro with product key

  I bought and installed Windows 8 Pro. Have the product key. Then my PC crashed. Bought a new PC with Windows 8 (not Pro). How can I install my Windows 8 Pro by using the product key. I want to use the 64-bit version of IE 10.

  Press the Windows key + X

  Click System

  On Windows, click the link:

  Get more features with a new edition of Windows

  Click on the "I already have a product key link.

  Enter your product key and you will be promoted to the Pro.

  You will need to reactivate by phone:

  Activation of the phone:

  1. press the Windows key + X , and then click run, and then type: slui.exe 4

  2. then press the ENTER"" key.

  3. Select your "country" in the list.

  4. choose the option "activate phone".

  5. stay on the phone (do not select/press all options) and wait for a person to help you with the activation.

  6. explain your problem clearly to the support person.

• How to get windows using my oem product key

  Hello

  I got windows 7 preinstalled on my computer, I formatted it

  I need windows disk via my oem product key please tell me how

  Hello

  The only legal Windows 7 download available is now Microsoft, as Microsoft has stopped DigitalRiver Windows 7 ISO downloads.

  http://www.Microsoft.com/en-us/software-recovery

  But Microsoft only provides these downloads for Windows 7 retail product key, not preinstalled OEM product keys (Dell, HP, etc.).

  As you have licensed preinstalled OEM (Dell, HP, etc.), contact the manufacturer of your computer to order recovery media that they need to provide for a small fee, if it is still available.

  Or you can also borrow the same exact retail edition DVD of Windows 7 and use your product key to reinstall.

  See you soon.

• Cannot install Windows 7 as one product key and not a CD

  Hi I have a dificultys on instalying windows 7 can u help me please I have buy windows, but no cd came machine product key number woot can I thank you so much.plz help

  Hi Megamix22,

  Thanks for posting. If you bought a copy of Windows 7 and did not receive a product key you must contact this provider on how to obtain the installation media.

  I hope this helps! Shawn - Support Engineer - MCP, MCDST
  Microsoft Answers Support Engineer
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• Re-install Windows 8 with integrated product key.

  Original title: pre-installed windows product key.

  I had my laptop (Dell) with pre-installed Windows 8 months ago. Now I want to reinstall windows because there is a problem with the operating system and the need of the product key. But, I'm not, I just find the ID of the product instead.

  I already looked on this issue in the Dell Web site, said that: for Windows 8, the product key is 'fed' on the computer at the factory and the installation process and activation motherboard refer to the computer's BIOS to check authenticity and activate Windows. No Windows product key is also provided or required by the customer

  Thanks in advance!

  Your answer is in your question.  If you perform a clean installation, it will automatically find your key from the BIOS and you won't need to enter.

  However, if you want to extract, you can use the program free belarc advisor .