I had Win8 installed on my samsung laptop. But I removed it and the recovery partition too. In fact I nuked my drive. Is there anyway I can get my key back.
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1What is your definition of "nuked"? This is impossible to answer without details of exactly what you did. – fixer1234 Aug 01 '15 at 04:52
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You need to use software that can read the key in the embedded firmware. Can you remove the vulgarity please? You also don't need the key, it will automatically, be detected. – Ramhound Aug 01 '15 at 04:56
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@fixer1234 nuking is a term used when you completely erase all data from hard drive either by rewriting the entire drive with 0s or random bits or chars – akxer Aug 03 '15 at 09:01
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Your key is actually stored in the BIOS. But don't go looking for it in there.
Since microsoft decided to remove the stickers at the bottom of your laptop,
Your only choice will be to use a software to retrieve the missing key.
Download this software and unzip the software, after opening pkeyui.exe try searching for it with the MSDM option checked,
and that will give you your OEM product key.
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1Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 devices do not have COA on them. All Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 devices have an embedded firmware which contains the key. He has a Windows 8 device, he will not have a sticker, with the key on it. He also don't have Windows installed, so running a windows program, really isn't an option. – Ramhound Aug 01 '15 at 05:18