problem with licence

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  1. craggsy12

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    hi i have a toshiba laptop which basically died
    i didnt have a recovery disc so have managed to get hold of a vista cd
    it is working fine but i would like to be able to change the product key back to my original one.
    only problem is it was oem
    my product key stated xxxxx-oem-xxxxxxx-xxxxx
    is there any way i can get hold of my original product key to that was installed
     
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    did your hd crap out on you as it most likely had a 2nd partition which you could have done a system recovery back to factory defaults? check underneath laptop as usually a label there with windows' product key on it.
     
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    hi
    the product key has rubbed off
     
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    tried the system recovery before i put a fresh install on it but it didnt work
     
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    edit your previous post instead of posting back to back as per forum rules. why didn't the system recovery not system restore work, what did it say?
     

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