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Tablet upgrade, retrieve 8.1 key
Hi,
I have a cheap Windows table (Irulu 9" Walknbook 16GB) with Windows 8.1.
In preparation for upgrading to Windows 10 I deleted the large recovery partition and tried to merge the Windows partition, so as to have enough space for the upgrade. After that, it would not boot into Windows.
I can get into the EFI shell and boot from a Windows 10 USB media, but it can't repair my 8.1.
Before I fresh install Windows 10, I think I need the 8.1 product key!
Is it likely to be in the UEFI, if so, am I OK to run the Windows 10 install? There certainly isn't a label on the tablet with the product key.
If not, how can I best extract it from this tablet that will only boot in EFI and not in legacy BIOS mode?