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license key when installing AFTER HDD replacement
hi,
I have a lenovo 500 yoga (actually its my dads) - I don't know the history of the machine but my dad reckons it had win 10 on it.
Anyway the hard drive crashed - and broke so I put him a new one in. Looked on the lenovo web site with the s/n of the laptop and it seems this pc came with with win 8 64 bit. I tried installing via usb but it asks for a product key - which I don't have.
I done a couple of these before and not been asked for the key. a bit of googling suggests maybe Im trying to install the wrong version (i dowloaded win 8 64 bit)
I wonder if I should try win 10 64 bit as this what was what my dad reckoned was on it ?
emailed lenovo - but no expecting much help .....totally baffled ? - any ideas ?