Windows 7 activation key, sticker damaged

Hello,
I have G550. I installed windows 7 home premium but i lost the activation key and the sticker is damaged and unreadable. The recovery parition was removed previously.
I tried RW everything to read the key from bios but didn't find it.
anyway to activate windows with a license key?
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Glad to hear you had the forethought to write down the registration key. Personally I keep a separate listing of all my keys for my various computers as it can come in handy at times.
Yes, you can use the key to tell you which version of Windows 7 you have, Check out my link below to the free PIDX utility. Most likely you had Windows 7 Home Premium x64 which was the usual version installed on your model.
http://www.mydigitallife.info/microsoft-pidx-product-key-checker-for-windows-7-free-download/
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