Windows 10: How do I retrieve a product key from a dead PC? Windows 11

I have purchased a Windows 11 Pro licence on the Microsoft Store. I do have my order number. The problem is, my PC went down and I need to retrieve my product key number. I have forgot to write it down, is there any ways to get it beside buying a brand new licence? Any suggestions will be more than welcome!

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Can I retrieve windows 7 product key with product ID?

Hi ,

I had a very old laptop which had windows 7 Ultimate system, I forgot to save the product key from my windows 7 and installed windows 10 Pro downloaded from Microsoft website but I still have my product ID from windows 7 ultimate. Is there a way I can retrieve the product key with my product ID?
If it can be retrieved can it still be used to activate my windows 10 which is currently not activated? (Keeping in mind windows 7 and 8 support has ended)

If it can be retrieved how and where can I do that?

Note: I no longer have windows 7 OS on my PC and the several steps given to find product key is not appliable in my case as those steps require me to be on windows 7 again.

Since its an old PC I don't have the original CD drive nor do I have any resources and backup for my Windows 7 ultimate OS

 

Dead PC, move W10 to new PC?

OK I have done lots of reading and answering questions posed but please comment if I am mistaken in my beliefs

• OEM is for one PC only
• My W7 Ultimate OEM is worthless and I cannot use again.
• MS stopped free OS upgrades in 2016
• The MS account I have now is for my new (2015) PC listed in my system specs here. I cannot locate the original MS account of 11 years ago (if I had one) so I am unlikely to resurrect it. I read that a user could have linked their MS account and that might have helped in saving the OS licence key in the event of major hardware changes. Not likely here ...

Guessing I need a new OS for the new rig for my Wife.

I have one last question here: Perchance the old rig fires up and I am able to retrieve stuff, if I ever locate the licence key on the dead machine for the W10 Pro can I use this product key on my current PC?

 

How to unlink a product key from the Microsoft account?

It is dead easy to remove the digital link from MS account. Simply change login to a local licence.

Then use your product key on new pc. If Windows complains key has already been used, use telephone activation and at step where it asks about licence, state it will only be used on new pc.