How do I get my OEM windows product key that came with my laptop when I bought it? Lost info/discs

I needed to clean install my laptop with Win8.1 before I upgraded to Win10, i was told that the BIOS held the key so I wouldnt need it and I dont have the OEM windows product key sticker that came with it when I bought it and I cant activate!!? Help

Hi
what if my recovery partition is lost too? I hace an HP15 Notebook with windowa 8.1 and a "friend" deleted the recovery partition. Now I dont know what to do to reformat and recover my laptop to its original condition. Saddly i dont have the recovery dvds either.
Thanks,
Adolfo

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