Lost my windows 7 Key, help :(

SB420 · 1 Mar 2012 at 23:55

Came home today to find my PC going round in circles with a BSOD. My SSD had somehow corrupted. Anyway, 7hrs later Ive got most things back on the PC (Though also lost a ton of stuff like you would not believe) though the worst... Is that I have lost my windows 7 key as I changed cases a year ago.. so dont have the sticker anymore

Is there anything I can do? I feel cheated having to pay twice. I have the box.. But no code

SB420 · 2 Mar 2012 at 00:03

I tried for about 3hrs, but the C300 drive was just going in an endless BSOD. Im good with computers.. It was not recoverable sadly. Not even as a secondary drive

I did have very old firmware on it though.

So now Im back in Windows (fresh install) though have no key... :/

SB420 · 2 Mar 2012 at 00:13

I cant use any tool now as I had to do a reformat of the drive. I didnt realise I had lost the key until this point

SB420 · 2 Mar 2012 at 00:48

So I have to buy another one?

SB420 · 2 Mar 2012 at 00:56

This sucks big time

SB420 · 2 Mar 2012 at 01:09

Haha. This does though.. I've lost enough work stuff as it is. I def wont have the sticker anymore as I changed cases a year ago.. When you buy new is the key on anything else? Ive seen its not in the manual or box.. Which would have been helpful! Cheers Microsoft.

SB420 · 2 Mar 2012 at 01:22

So just that little sticker then?

And it is their fault... Why cant they stick it in the box? Other means = non working PC. Though I still think its unfair I have to buy it... again!

SB420 · 2 Mar 2012 at 12:59

edscdk said:
its worse than that he THREW the serial number away.... he does not even have the excuse that he lost it...

WTF? How did I throw it away? Learn to read or get off the boards, in particular my thread asking for help. :rolleyes:

I lost the key as when I sold my old case.. I ripped the sticker of the back! Thanks for being helpful though

SB420 · 2 Mar 2012 at 13:01

Pho said:
SB420, send me an email (see my sig).

also in future don't reinstall anything onto a disk that's crashed, chances are you could have recovered most things.

I tried using it as a 2nd hard drive in my flatmates computer but nothing.. Kept getting "Page fault in nonpaged area" and instant BSODs so didnt know what to do

Have emailed you...

SB420 · 2 Mar 2012 at 14:39

lol I wasnt blaming Mircrosoft. I was just saying it would be useful if they stuck it on the back of the book. Just like every damn game I buy or any other software

A sticker on its own is pointless if you ever change your case dont you think?

SB420 · 2 Mar 2012 at 14:59

bledd. said:
You should have put it in your mates pc as a secondary drive, then loaded up magic jelly bean key finder and pointed it at your hard drive.

Tried that. Though randomly made his PC BSOD in a constant loop. Im not 100% sure though I think it may have been to do with the x amount of hours bug that the C300 drives had on old firmware.

Or should have asked here before formatting it..

This bit is true. I should off though it wasnt till I went and got the windows box.. that I realised I didnt have the code anymore

Annoyingly I was about to get a new SSD (M4) so is a bit annoying that it couldnt have waited another week.. Live and learn

SB420 · 2 Mar 2012 at 16:26

-BA- said:
Yes but it is also pointless throwing out a case with said sticker on before taking a 20p biro and noting down the product key

I probably did... Thing is, I dont know where it is. I would have wrote it somewhere.. God knows where. I assumed I would have put it in the CD case... but....

Rroff said:
Hate to be snide but:

990x @ 4.4ghz - 6GB Corsair Dominator - G1 Assassin - 6970 Crossfire - HX1200 PSU - Corsair 256GB C300 SSD - D14 Heatsink - HAF X Case - BDR205 Blu-Ray

and your quibbling over the cost of an OS License?

Actually I have 2 x 7970's now

though still feel cheated having to pay for the same thing twice