Recover Product Key from Old Hard Disk?

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  1. Posts : 3
    Windows 7 Professional 32bit
       #1

    Recover Product Key from Old Hard Disk?


    Hi,

    I upgraded my hard disk. Now my Windows 7 Professional product key is "stuck" on my old hard disk (which is now mounted as an external USB drive). I tried the sniffer product key programs to recover my product key (I have legitimately paid for and own the Windows 7 Professional key) but I am getting "do not have permission" error when sniffing old hard disk for product key.
    Any ideas on how I might recover the Professional product key I own? (I have tried about 6 sniffer programs but all deny access to external Windows 7 directories)

    Thanks for any help.
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  2. Posts : 17,796
    Windows 10, Home Clean Install
       #2

    Have you tried Magic Jelly Bean; it has been very succeful in the past.
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  3. Posts : 3
    Windows 7 Professional 32bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Yes, I've tried them all. I get the error message "Can't load registry hive from F:\... A required priviledge is not held by the client"
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  4. Posts : 17,796
    Windows 10, Home Clean Install
       #4

    https://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...rmissions.html
    Read this it may help.
    and/Or use the hidden administrator
    Built-in Administrator Account - Enable or Disable[2]=User Accounts
    Try the hidden adminstrator in safe mode, also.
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  5. Posts : 9,582
    Windows 8.1 Pro RTM x64
       #5

    The easiest thing to do would be to temporarily swap the drives back, run Magic Jelly Bean (or Belarc Advisor) and make a note of the key.
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  6. Posts : 2,344
    Windows 10 Pro x64
       #6

    Dwarf said:
    The easiest thing to do would be to temporarily swap the drives back, run Magic Jelly Bean (or Belarc Advisor) and make a note of the key.
    +1.
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  7. Posts : 3
    Windows 7 Professional 32bit
    Thread Starter
       #7

    Thanks for the advice everyone. A great help. That fixed it.
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  8. Posts : 9,582
    Windows 8.1 Pro RTM x64
       #8

    You're welcome. :)
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  9. Posts : 3
    Windows 7
       #9

    But for me the software didn't help , for windows enterprise/ultimate , What can I do ?
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  10. Posts : 1,113
    windows 7 professional & ultimate 64bit laptops
       #10

    Dwarf said:
    The easiest thing to do would be to temporarily swap the drives back, run Magic Jelly Bean (or Belarc Advisor) and make a note of the key.

    simple,correct,quick

    +1 too
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