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How To Install Windows 7 Without The Disc

#61 User is online   LiveBrianD 

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Posted 26 March 2013 - 07:37 PM

View PostLikeAxis33, on 26 March 2013 - 06:30 PM, said:

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Can someone please explain how having those discs burned is legal? I need them for reinstalling OSes on customer's PCs where they have the product key, but lost recovery partition or whatever and I need media to reinstall. I thought it is against copyrights to own Windows CDs without actually purchasing them?

The reason Microsoft allows us to download these .ISO files for free is because, if you buy your pc, you most likely have Windows 7 on it, so for whatever reason that you want to reinstall Windows, you just have to enter in the activation code on the back of a sticker on the back of your pc. And because the copy of Windows 7 on your pc is legal, it is ok to enter that code into that new copy of Windows. Hope this helped! - LikeAxis33

Actually, you're not supposed to use those links - they're for people who bought Windows through the Microsoft Store as a download. I don't see a problem with it though, as long as you already own a legal copy of that OS.
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  Posted 27 March 2013 - 03:13 AM

Hi, iso files for the windows version you listed to download there. But i am using windows 7 home basic. its not in the list. which can i refer? can you please tell me?
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  Posted 03 April 2013 - 12:58 PM

i have downloaded the windows home premium iso but the Windows 7DVD/USB download tool does not recognize the iso. any help? ty
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  Posted 04 April 2013 - 06:51 AM

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i have downloaded the windows home premium iso but the Windows 7DVD/USB download tool does not recognize the iso. any help? ty



I had the same problem yesterday. I went to microsoftstore.com and chatted with a rep. Told him what .iso file I was looking for and he gave me the download link without a problem. I used that .iso file and created a bootable disk, no problem. Just tell them you don't have the install/repair disk that came with your computer.
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  Posted 13 April 2013 - 11:01 AM

I installed the window on my computer using one of the links above. I got the window but something happened to my computer that it would not connect to the internet at all, no matter how I do it. Can someone please help me?
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  Posted 02 May 2013 - 05:36 PM

I keep getting an error message - something about not being able to mount the file. What does that mean?
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