Getting The Serial Key Off Windows 7 Disk

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Recently my windows 7 installation broke and refuse to boot (see here).

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I wish to reinstall but only have 1 cd key.

Is there a way to retrieve my current cd key with the use of only command prompt or linux live disk?

Note: I am unable to boot into windows 7 but do have access to a minimal command prompt in recovery menu. (safe mode wont boot).

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No, you cannot do it from WinRE command line

Connect the non bootable drive to another Windows PC using a usb to hard drive adapter, install Product Key on the Host PC, run Product key and use File > Select Source.

When the new window opens tick the third radio button, browse to the Windows folder on the non boot drive and hit ok.

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I've had really good success with the Magic Jelly Bean KeyFinder tool with MS-Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit editions), plus other versions of MS-Windows and most MS-Office products too:

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It is possible to get the key from a Linux live disk (e.g. a Ubuntu Live DVD), or any linux system that has access to the computer's drive (booted from usb, dual booted etc) - this may also be possible from another windows system without third party apps (example). Then you can get the licence by:

  1. Get a registry reading/editing tool. I used chntpw, it is currently available in the Fedora and Ubuntu software repositories.

  2. Get the registry data. You will need the file that contains the registry data from HKLMSOFTWARE, this should be located at /Windows/System32/config/SOFTWARE (text case may vary, could be /WINDOWS/system32/config/SOFTWARE etc). If you can read the hard disk this should be accessible

  3. Extract the data. Run chntpw with the path to the registry file - e.g. with the windows partition mounted on /mnt:

    And get the data from the HKLMSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionDigitalProductId key - you may be able to use dpi command, otherwise you can read the key data directly using hex MicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionDigitalProductId.

If you don't succeed, you could check the hardware to see if it has the key embedded using the answers here. Or check for a sticker that came with the computer with the licence key written on.

Also if the Windows is a retail or OEM licence, you may just find a unique ID as the key is for use one time only.

More info:

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Use Hiren's Boot CD. You could also download each tool individually, but might as well grab the CD and the boat load of recovery tools.

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