Jason Brennan

How to recover a windows 10 product key from linux


How to Recover Windows 10 Product Key on Ubuntu

Remove the hard drive from the old computer and mount it in ubuntu

sudo mount /dev/sdX /mnt/{$SomeFolder}`

Install hivexget

sudo apt install libhivex-bin

Move to the mounted drive

cd /mnt/{$SomeFolder}

Recover the key

hivexget Windows/System32/config/SOFTWARE '\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SoftwareProtectionPlatform' BackupProductKeyDefault