Lenovo G780 windows 8 STD mlt

[Galdorf]

Have a Lenovo G780 windows 8 std mlt hard drive died talked to lenovo out of warranty recovery discs are more than buying a new OS.
Tried windows 8 OEM in uefi would not activate any ideas the code is in bios not spending 200 bucks on recovery cd's.

 

[Porthos]

Try this

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/create-reset-refresh-media

Create USB or DVD it should pick up the bios key.

 

[Galdorf]

Try this

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/create-reset-refresh-media

Create USB or DVD it should pick up the bios key.

Tried that didn't work, i used same usb flash drive i made last year on a samsung series 5 yesterday worked perfect activated no problems,lenovo does not work googled it everyone else having same problem.

 

[Porthos]

Tried that didn't work, i used same usb flash drive i made last year .

They have changed the iso. It picks up the OEM key from 8 or 8.1.

Or use one of the generic keys to install and use a keyfinder to pull the key and change it after install.

 

[Galdorf]

I brought up the phone activation manually oddly enough it worked.

 

[Porthos]