HDD Crashed - How to get Windows 8 again?

Hi,

My HDD crashed recently, which was very annoying, but I thought would be OK.

I had (or at least thought) backed up everything on my PC. All files, and Windows 8 to a USB drive.

I replaced the HDD and went to put in the USB, everything was working sort of OK, and a Windows screen loaded, but my only option was to recover my Windows installation. Which of course I didn't have. There was no recovery partition on my HDD, as it had crashed! I followed the procedure Windows recommended, but....

I am now stuck using Ubuntu, which is terrible, as I can't find Windows 8 anywhere.

Where can I find a copy of Windows 8? I have my product key.

My computer is an Asus S56CA.

Thanks :)

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