Windows 10: How do I find to what Windows edition is my OEM key related to?

Hello,
I have an ASUS Notebook I had for the last 8 years and of course the HDD went through many wipes.

Windows 8 came pre-installed on the Notebook, I used OemKey.exe from https://neosmart.net/OemKey/ as mentioned here https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/forum/insider_wintp-insider_install-insiderplat_pc/lost-windows-81-key-after-installing-windows-10/b85e2310-f722-4af7-b367-8f7b6104761f to get the embedded key.

Using Windows 10 ISO downloaded from here https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10ISO , When I get to the step where I should provide a key, Windows doesn't detect the embedded one so I provide the key found by OemKey and Windows says `couldn't verify please check your install media` , so I skip by pressing `I don't have a key` and I get the list of all Windows 10 editions.

Sadly I don't remember what Windows 8 came pre-installed was it Windows 8 or Windows 8N or what edition, I only remember it was a Windows 8 64bits French language as default.

So I was wondering if there's a way to find to what Windows edition is my key related to?

:)

 

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• Retail
• OEM
• Volume (electronic download)
• Corporate (no key needed)

For guaranteed success, the license key and media should be in the same category. If you have retail media, you may not be able to install it using an OEM or Volume license key, even though the key is valid for that version of Windows. *Wtf :wtf: Apparently, this is part of Microsoft's anti-piracy scheme (i.e., all customers are guilty until proven innocent).

 

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Can I do this? Or am I am going to have to reformat and install the OEM version?

 

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