HELP PLEASE! Windows 11 reactivation

I recently bought new m.2 drives and bought, installed and activated Win11 Home. The drives were running extremely slow and after hours of troubleshooting, I looked up my product key in regedit since my purchase email didn’t have it and wiped them and planned to return them and try again at a later date since I had working sata drives loaded and ready. A few days later(today) I decided to give them another go after someone suggested a bios update. The bios update was a success in getting the drives fully functional but after reinstalling windows, it says I can’t activate because I don’t have a valid digital license….how? I just bought it a few days ago and when I used it then it worked? 

Why can’t I reactivate windows 11 now? Do I have to spend ANOTHER $146?? 

I’ve tried every support channel and the automated system is garbage and no help so if someone here can help I would surely appreciate it!