4 Ways To Find Your Windows 8 Product Key

If you are able to log in to Windows 8, you can use any of the other methods to quickly pull up your product key. The product key is 5 sets of 5 characters separated by hyphens (e. g, XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX).

Remove the Windows hard drive from the non-working PC. See How to Remove a Hard Drive to learn how. Connect the drive to another PC as a secondary (slave). One easy way to do this is to put the drive into an external hard drive enclosure and connect it to the other PC. Follow the steps to download and run ProduKey in this method: Using ProduKey. Once you run ProduKey, press the F9 key to open the Select Source menu. Select the radio button next to “Load the product keys of external Windows installations from all disks currently plugged to your computer. " Click OK to display the product key. The key from the Windows 8 hard drive will appear next to “Windows 8. "

Call 1 (800) 936-5700. This is a paid Microsoft support line ($40-60 per issue), but you will not be charged for support if you are just calling to purchase a replacement product key. Follow the phone prompts to reach an agent who handles product key issues. Tell the representative that you can’t access your Windows 8 product key. Provide the representative with any requested information, which may include your computer’s serial number (if Windows 8 came with your PC), information from Windows 8 DVD (if you have the media), and your credit card details once your request is processed. Write down the product key exactly as it is read to you by the agent. Read it back to confirm you have written it down correctly. Follow additional any additional activation instructions provided to you by the agent. You may be transferred to another department to activate the key before it can be used.

If you are prompted to enter your administrator password or give permissions to open the application, follow the on-screen instructions to do so. [3] X Research source

The downloaded file will be saved to your default download location, which is usually the Downloads folder.

The downloaded file will be saved to your default download location, which is usually the Downloads folder.

The downloaded file will be saved to your default download location, which is usually the Downloads folder.

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