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Recover windows 8 embedded UEFI key

#1 User is offline   jinkazama 

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Posted 12 January 2013 - 05:38 AM

is possible recover Windows 8 key from bios?
I have no recovery system available and i need it to install from Microsoft Windows 8 DVD.
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Posted 12 January 2013 - 09:17 AM

Simply put the DVD in the drive and run setup. It will detect the key:

http://blogs.technet...d-goodness.aspx

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The good news is that you no longer have to worry about it fading or getting scratched. The 5x5 key is embedded in the BIOS. Therefore all I had to do in order to install a fresh clean copy of Windows 8 was attach an external DVD drive, boot from the retail DVD, and run setup. As soon as I connected to the internet, the machine activated. It never asked me for a key. No fuss!!!

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