Replacing Harddrive Need to Re-install Win 8 No Product Key, No Recovery Disk

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My niece's HP Envy dv7 hard drive is on it's last leg. I am going to replace it soon. Problem is, I cannot find the Win 8 product key. I have read up and find the key is embedded in the BIOS. My questing is: when I reinstall Win 8 will it automatically insert the key from the BIOS? I also need to find a copy of Win 8, 64 bit to use, as she doesn't have any recovery disks. In the past I've found img copy of Win 7, 64 bit online and it worked fine. Is there a img of Win 8 64 bit? I think the main problem is the product key. Thanks in advance for any help you can give.

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