Windows 10: License help on partly rebuilt computer

Good afternoon,

a few weeks ago, my personal PC gave up the ghost. I tested everything and discovered it was simply the motherboard. The PC was only a little more than 4 years old and as I just invested in a new business PC, I thought it wise to only buy the components necessary... motherboard, CPU, Fan, memory and a WLAN PCIe card. The SSDs and power supply were in good condition.

I installed everything and it worked, short of the WLAN card. While I understand that with a new motherboard, Windows would need be clean installed again, I was mistakenly more fixed on the WLAN card. My mistake. As soon as I sorted the WLAN card, the PC crashed. Recovery tools aren't allowing me back into Windows, so a clean install is definitely necessary.

My concern or question is that I have neither the product key nor the license for that machine available. I understand that a reinstall has the ability to find them on the SSD, but in the case of a clean install, not. How can I go about retrieving those for the clean install?

When I purchased the PC in December 2016, Windows came pre-installed and I only needed to register it. I have no documentation and that particular shop has closed of late.

Please advise.

Cheers!

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