I'm doing some work for a mate where his hard drive crashed like it just had a chest grabber and all he has is his product which doesn't work as an installation key.
When I click on "I don't have a product key" the Win10 installation process won't let me go any further as it simply states I need one. But all I have is the product OEM key which is 20 characters while a product installation key is 25 so install won't take that either.
Does anyone know a way to attain the installation key from the product OEM key or a workaround or do I have to suck it up and wait until morning and call MS?
TIA
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Originally Posted by Fish:
There should be an option to "Do this later" at the part where it asks for the key. What version of Windows are you using to install?
I couldn't get that to work. I'd choose "I don't have a product key" it would install the files then bounce me back to the beginning. After rebooting a couple times and remaking the USB install tool it worked.
That was a weird first.
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