Windows Activation Key - Help!

My screen shattered, so I bought a replacement of the same model and copied the Windows partition over. It works great, except that Windows claims it still needs activation. Both computers had legitimate, similar licences for Windows. If I can enter the Activation Key, I'd be all set, but can't find it in the packaging or on the laptop.
I don't want to reinstall windows, as the whole point was to keep up and running with everything already installed.
How do I get the key for my laptop?
Thanks!
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Happy to help, NirSoft has some good stuff. Avoid the online-adapted Key-Getters.
You could try msoft's migration software. They are touting it for transferring from XP to a new OS. I have never used it but as a developer, I am often rebuilding the OS from factory images (just don't ask!! -LOL) and I always resort to installing everything again, manually.
Most of the slick-trick apps that are supposed to make migration easy, take more time than just biting the msoft-poisoned-bullet and installing stuff myself.
Another option for you could be to use something like VMWare Player (free) and create a Virtual machine for all your stuff. Then that VM can be copied anywhere and all the installed stuff will work fine. I actually do that for my development platform as installing the dev-platform and up-dating with all my extensions can take a day or so every time. The down side to the Player is it is a little slower, but it is the best of the free VMs I have tried and I have tried a lot.

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Yesterday I "reinstalled" my laptop (A-Book) for the first time ever. I bought the laptop in 2008 i think (OS: WIN7 Home Edition)
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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.
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I was running Windows 7 Home Premium until 1 day I booted up and the laptop failed to boot. 'No bootable media found' (Or something like)
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Trying to make my windows seven workstations upon first boot activate automaticaly, In the answer file it's set to skip auto activation "false" But they never activate unless it's done in VMAT or at the workstation. Any way to have the stations activate without having to touch them or use VMAT? A regkey or some thing I can have run at first logon?

Hi Tech,
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