Windows 8 product key does not work

I bought Windows 8 when firstly, it was released and installed on my laptop on Windows Vista, and it has worked fine since then.  I just bought a new hard drive of the laptop and charge of Windows 8 on the new drive.  However, the product key does not work.  Can you help me?

Marcules

I suspect you got a key to upgrade from vista to win 8.  Have you installed vista first when you put the new HD in?

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