New hard drive; Restore System Image taken of the SAME computer Windows7: (RE-) ACTIVATION

Daughter bought TWO IDENTICAL Windows7 Home, laptops Dell Inspiron, EACH WITH ITS OWN PRODUCT KEY. Was given a laptop to MOM as a gift. MOM's hard drive died later. Bought and installed a new hard drive with the same features in MOM's laptop. Used a picture of daughter portable computer system to restore Windows7 Home for MOM's laptop. Everything works perfectly. NOW WE WANT TO (RE) ACTIVATE Windows7 MOM home.

I guess that (RE-) ACTIVATION must be done.

QUESTION: Is it easier to enter the original product key to MOM which is a clone of Windows7 girl on MOM's cell phone, then do a normal activation?

Thanks for your help.

(While I have your attention, can you remind me what the path is to get to the place where I get the product key?) (Thank you.)

Problem solved. Thank you.

It was easy. When I went into the system on MOM's laptop he already said: "Windows is activated".

Another question arises: the product key he showed, that must have been imported with the Image of the system taken mobile identical to daughter, had "OEM" in the middle of it. Does this mean that the product keys, use two laptops are actually some generic, common Dell product keys and NOT the product keys shown on the bottom of the respective laptops?

A kind of activation of convenience for Dell customers?

Thank you, again, for your help.

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