Hello this is my first post here and I'm currently wondering - is it possible to change the recovery partitions key ? The problem is that I by accident mistyped the key when I received the laptop from repair a few weeks ago and now its stuck in the recovery memory
The model is a g74sx bbk7 from asus
also just to put this out of the way it is a OEM key which is under my laptop
Last edited by wakkles92; 20 Dec 2014 at 16:15. Reason: bah bah bah
Don't know what this means. Exactly what state is the OS in?and now its stuck in the recovery memory
Can you right click on Computer and select Properties? If yes, click on Change product key at the bottom System window and re-enter the key.
Product Key Number - Change
The os is in a fine state currently and also currently updating although ill change it once it finishes updating but what i mean about it being in the recovery's memory is the key that's saved in there like what i had to do when i got my laptop back is re-enter the key at first boot so i'm stuck with the wrong key every time i Restore it from the recovery partition and have to re-enter unlike my old windows 7 system which auto activated before i sent it in for repairs
in case my spelling is a little rough see \/
quick question - does the OEM key have a limit of amount of activations? i ask this question because my windows 8 key did (it was an upgrade key)
Are you refering to a Windows 7 COA key?
Read this.
What is the Windows Certificate of Authenticity?
I have no idea what a recovery's memory is.
Is you system requesting a password?
The only place a WIn7 COA sticker Product Key is used is to activate a Clean Reinstall Windows 7. If that's what you were intending to do then I would start over and do it correctly because it's easy to imagine what all else was scrambled.
Factory Recovery to set it back to Factory Condition is something completely different and does not require any key.
Whoops looks like i said something without knowing much about the certain thing like recovery's memory(doesn't exist i suppose) - i don't think that exists due to the way you guys are posting.. anyway :v i finally activated my windows took awhile due to updates but it's good to go and ill go ahead and mark it has solved since my spelling isn't working right due to stuff and what not anyways happy holidays.
Don't worry about that. This is how you learn. Feel free to ask back any questions about whatever it was you did - a Clean Reinstall or Factory Recovery?
Either way there are many important tips and tools suggested in Clean Reinstall Windows 7 that will help maintain a perfect install so be sure to look it over and ask back any questions you might have.
You might like the instant spelling correction in IE11 although your spelling isn't that bad anyway.
Last edited by gregrocker; 21 Dec 2014 at 01:49. Reason: bad spelling
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