Question I am looking for the Windows 10 product key that must be on the HP recovery USB

[David_652]

I have an HP Omen. I reformatted the Windows drive and partitioned the disk. I want to use the Windows 10 product key, just the key, that must be on the HP recovery USB stick. Once I have the key I will validate the new Windows 10 installation with it. How would I go about this?

 

[punkncat]

Being an OEM it should have a digital entitlement. Otherwise, one of those partitions probably was the recovery disk....

 

[David_652]

What is a digital entitlement and how do I use that to get the result I want?

 

[punkncat]

Digital entitlement ties your system activation to the hardware of the system. Generally speaking for most new computers they don't put a product key on a sticker like they used to. When the PC goes online it verifies your key via the MS servers/service and thus will read as 'activated by digital entitlement'. In some cases when it won't there should be a 'contact Microsoft' tab or something there where you can either go online or in some cases actually chat with a tech to restore the activation.

 

[USAFRet]

I have an HP Omen. I reformatted the Windows drive and partitioned the disk. I want to use the Windows 10 product key, just the key, that must be on the HP recovery USB stick. Once I have the key I will validate the new Windows 10 installation with it. How would I go about this?

You're doing a NEW OS install in this system?

If so, you do not need the license key.

Install, skipping where it asks for the OS license.
This system will activate itself once it links to the activation server farm at the mothership.


And if you're doing this via the HP recovery disk, same. Just run it, and it will activate itself.


For an OEM system, there is no "license key" you enter.