Is it possible to recover a windows 8.1 key from a Manufacturer recovery image?

[Mwhistler]

Basically, tech support reformatted my computer and re-installed windows 8.1, but did not save my original activation key. I still have the recovery partition with the recovery image, and a tech told me there may be a way to recover the key from that image without reformatting again. Is this possible?

 

[COLGeek]

I know of no way to recover a product key from an installation image. However, many Windows 8 system actually store the product key in the BIOS/UEFI.

Is this an OEM (Dell, HP, etc) desktop or laptop, or a custom build?

 

[Mwhistler]

OEM Lenovo. I'll check the bios tonight!