New hdd on lenovo g500

Hello! I have an Lenovo G500 laptop, i recently bought a new SSD and i would like to install windows 8.1, i have got an CD for that. Now, i cannot seem to find any cd key sticker on my laptop so i guess it's built in the motherboard, i dont have the partition left for it so i can not use lenovo onekey recovery. I basicly need my cd key for the laptop to be able to install it. How can I get that? Sorry for my bad english, i blame that I am from Sweden.

Hi Moldex, since you're using ur new ssd on your laptop, you need to rebuild your recovery partition  and the os, by the way the copy of 8.1 is this a retail version or oem? 'bout the product key its pre-injected on to the system
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