Lost my product key Windows 7

I LOST MY WINDOW 7 Home Basic PRODUCT KEY, HOW CAN I FIND this.

http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/Windows_7-windows_install/lost-product-key-Windows-7-Home-Basic/312dd392-E15C-E011-8dfc-68b599b31bf5 >

If your computer is pre-installed with Windows 7 Home Basic Edition:

Look for the COA product key:

COA certificate of authenticity:

http://www.Microsoft.com/howtotell/content.aspx?PG=COA

What is the certificate of authenticity for Windows?

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/what-is-the-Windows-certificate-of-authenticity

Option 1:

If the COA sticker is damaged, you must use the recovery partition to reinstall Windows 7, it will be exempt from the need to use the product key to activate your installation of Windows 7.

Option 2:

If your recovery partition is not available or damaged, you must contact the manufacturer of your computer, and request that a defined recovery disk you can use to reinstall Windows 7. They could practice a small shipping and handling. This will exempt the need to also use the product key.

Option 3:

If neither options 1 or 2 is possible, then you will need to invest in a new license of full version of detail.

New computers coming often pre-installed with Windows 7 have what is called a recovery partition. This is used to reinstall an operating system in the case of a system failure. To access it, you need to start when you start your computer by pressing a function key. This can be either F1, F2, F9, F10, F11, F12 key DEL or tab. See the manual that came with your PC for instructions on how to reinstall Windows.

This is how the recovery partition is accessible to most popular brands...

For Dell, press F8 on the keyboard until the Advanced Boot Options menu appears on the screen.

For HP, press F11 directly after switching on the device

For LG, press F11 directly after switching on the device

For Toshiba, press and hold "0" BEFORE and during the power upward

For Acer, press and hold ALT + F10, as soon as you see the logo

For Asus, press F9, as soon as you see the Asus logo.

For Samsung, press F4 to the power upward...

For Fujitsu, press the F8 key directly after the power

Advent, restart your computer. Then, press F10 repeatedly until the message "Starting system recovery"

Sony VAIO, reboot and press "F8" or "F10" repeatedly until the screen "Advanced Boot Options".

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If you bought a copy the basic Windows 7 Home Edition retail and lost your product key.

If Windows 7 Home Basic Edition is still installed and enabled:

Here are four utilities, which can display your product keys if they are still there:
Belarc Advisor: http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html
(He did a good job of providing a wealth of information.)

Also: http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder.shtml
and: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/product_cd_key_viewer.html
and RockXP: http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4138.html which has additional features

If its not installed or you reinstalled without the product key:

Lost or misplaced product key (certificate of authenticity)

http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/824433

How to get a replacement product key?

To replace a Microsoft product key, you must contact Customer Support and Microsoft. To locate the phone number, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.Microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh; EN-US; CNTACTMS

For more information on this subject, visit

http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/811224

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