NirSoft’sProduKeylets you viewproduct keys for Windows, Microsoft Office, and many other software programs.

You don’t need to back it up or write it down.

Write down any product keys you want to keep and store them in a safe place.

How to Recover Software Product Keys From Any Computer, Even a Broken One

It’s that easy!

Click File > Select Source to choose the secondary drive.

To do this, you’ll first need to create yourself a live Linux drive.

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For example, you’re able to create a Ubuntu drive.

To do this, you’ll need todownload a Ubuntu ISOand download theRufus tool for Windows.

Warning: The USB drive you turn into a live Linux drive will be erased.

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Back up any important files on it first.

when you’ve got both, connect a USB drive and launch Rufus.

hit the button to the right of it and snag the Ubuntu ISO image you downloaded.

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Click “Start” and agree to download the Syslinux software.

Or, you may have totweak the boot order or use a boot options menu.

When Ubuntu boots, open a file manager window by clicking the drive icon on the panel.

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Locate your Windows drive and navigate to

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Right-nudge the “config” folder and select “Copy”.

Connect another external USB drive to your rig and copy the config folder to it.

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Take the drive containing the “config” folder to another computer running Windows.

You’ll need to recreate the directory structure.

Create a “Windows” folder and then create a “system32” folder inside it.

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Copy the “config” folder into the system32 folder.

Launch ProduKey, click File > Select Source, and pick the Windows folder you just created.

you’ve got the option to’t just point it at the config folder directly.

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ProduKey will then show you the product keys from the config folder you copied over.

Image Credit:Phillip Stewart

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