Recover Windows 10 Product Key From BIOS/EFI

[mikehende]

Hello all, which utility would I need to purchase to do the above please? Does it work with win8 also?

 

[Ex_Brit]

Windows OEM Product Key Tool

 

[mikehende]

Thanks but looks like that tool is used to retrieve the key only from inside windows and not from the bios, not so?

 

[Ex_Brit]

Then I don't know, sorry. I would Google it.

 

[mikehende]

I will try contanting the developer directly to get accurate info, thanks.

 

[Ex_Brit]

Also read the Notes here: Product Key - View in Windows 10

 

[mqudsi]

You can run our OEM Key Tool under Windows PE, so if you have it on a local disk and boot into the Windows setup DVD you could launch it from the command line (shift+f10 on the welcome screen).

 

[mikehende]

Instead, PC manufactures have started embedding product key into the BIOS or EFI, and it can be seen by entering the BIOS/EFI of your computer.

Yes but exactly how do you see info in the bios is the question.

 

[mikehende]

You can run our OEM Key Tool under Windows PE, so if you have it on a local disk and boot into the Windows setup DVD you could launch it from the command line (shift+f10 on the welcome screen).

Sorry I am not understanding the above, especially about the "windows PE"? I had thought the product key recovery tool would be a utility you would run off off a bootable flash drive or disk on startup and this would get the product key?

 

[Terry60]

What is Windows PE?