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Forums › Microsoft Windows › Recovering win8 after Asus crash. No one wants to give out the license?
arvis

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#154171 20-Oct-2014 12:32
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I was told, the only way to recover windows 8 laptop is to send it to Asus. There is no recovery media.

Also, I am not allowed to transfer the license to another computer (it would be my preference, as I could not wait and installed ubuntu on asus). 

Do you have any experience or expertise with these issues? 

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Kraven
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  #1158427 20-Oct-2014 12:52
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No, you cannot transfer an OEM license to another machine.



arvis

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  #1158469 20-Oct-2014 13:49
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Thanks guys for pointing to the right direction. After 5 minutes research, it took me a few seconds to extract the key from bios in Ubuntu. 

 

$ ls /sys/firmware/acpi/tables
$ sudo hd /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/MSDM

 

Next step find the installation media...

1101
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  #1159159 21-Oct-2014 12:07
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arvis:

Where do you get the media to restore to windows 8? 


Good luck finding that. I gave up & borrowed an install USB from the PC supplier we use
I think you can buy install media , or sometimes you can buy recovery CD's from the manufacturer(not cheap).


Try this, may or might not work
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/upgrade-product-key-only

I dont know why MS make this so hard.
Install CD should be supplied with PC & Laptops . Not much chance of piracy as it wont work without valid install keys & MS know how many times a key has been used when its activated .

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