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How to transfer Windows 8 activation from a "dead" laptop?
Hello Dear Toaster.
I have a laptop with a dead chipset. Windows 8 was installed and activated on it, later updated to 8.1. The chipset died on the laptop, so I will not launch it for any action. But with the HD all is well.
What is the point of the question. I know that the EULA allows you to transfer the activation of Windows if the old installation is destroyed. It is unlikely that there is any system for checking the "destruction" of activation, as I understand it, on the servers they simply count some n-time. So. I need, having a key and distro, install the system on a new laptop and activate it (bypass the notification that the system is already activated somewhere). Maybe you need to drag some files from the old PC? Or do they need to call? Has anyone experienced this?
Thanks in advance for your reply.
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It's more difficult with this hemorrhoid. Mother was dying .. I had to raise the curtain. Activation was over the phone. They just clarified how many computers Windows is now on and gave an activation key for a new one
"Number" of activation was sewn up in BIOS (SLIC). So you can get it out of there only through special programs. Can share on Lenovo, HP, DELL.
Although if the chipset is dead, then what's the point of these programs? What makes you think that the chipset has flown? What car do you have?
support.microsoft.com/kb/950929/en-us?seamid=100109452
Most likely you need to call the support, they will tell you to run some standard utility, dictate the code from there and they will give the code. (Screenshots at the link above)
After reinstalling Windows 8 System Builder (although I bought it in Amazon, not in the Russian Federation), it was like this on a new computer. System Builder, as I understand it, is about the same as a regular OEM on laptops. I did not call, but wrote in live chat (English), but it is hidden somewhere very far in the wilds of support.microsoft.com.
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