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Where can I find a download of both Vista (Home Premium) and Windows 7 OEM ISO?
My Windows 7 Professional became infected after 2 weeks of its usage and I did not copy the image of the harddrive before its use. Now I need to get the harddrive to the manufacturer's state: how can I do it? Where can I get the image of the Windows 7 Pro OA?
P.s. My computers are by Lenovo.
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Posted 2012-11-15T22:23:52.363
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The title in above link mentions Vista, but it is the same question about reinstalling a laptop which came with a OEM install. And it will point you to http://msft.digitalrivercontent.net/win/X17-59186.iso
– Hennes – 2012-11-15T22:29:05.807Your laptop has a restoration image on the hdd I would use that instead. – Ramhound – 2012-11-15T22:45:26.897
If there is no restoration image on the hdd, or if that image has also been corrupted, your vendor should be able to sell you a reinstallation DVD. Or you may have a friend with Windows 7 installation media, or may be able to buy media (without a license key) cheaply on eBay or similar. Provided you use the installation key on the sticker on your machine, you shouldn't have any problems activating. – Harry Johnston – 2012-11-15T23:27:57.727
@HarryJohnston - Buying Windows on Ebay is a great way to get homemade copies. Considering you can get both Windows 8 and Windows 7 witout much hastle directly from Micrsoft ( and/or Digital River their content partner ) I would go that route. – Ramhound – 2012-11-16T01:32:46.830
@Ramhound, personally I'd be more wary of downloading from a link on a community Wiki, even if it says "official download". (At least with a disk I can check the hologram seal.) Do you have a Microsoft or Digital River reference as to the legitimacy of those links? – Harry Johnston – 2012-11-16T01:42:10.800
@HarryJohnston - I know for a fact the digital river iso is the exact same iso you would have received if you purchase Windows 7 through Microsoft the day before Windows 8 was released. – Ramhound – 2012-11-16T04:30:54.530