L1vE_Daedalus :
I fell kinda bad for not saying this earlyer but I have done that before but not only did I install win8 on a laptop (with new hdd) but I tried to install it on a different desktop with a new hdd too, it did accepted the key but after a few days it said product key have been used does that mean its oem .....by the way for retail op's the key can be reused no mater what?
So all this asking if it was Retail or OEM...and you had the answer initially?
Anyway...a Retail license can be used, sequentially, on one PC at a time.
An OEM license is licensed to that original motherboard.