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Are Win 7 ISOs free or cheap? I already have my key.

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glen

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I have moved a couple of times since I purchased my laptop. I assume the ISO is free, and the key is the part for which one actually pays. So, how do most folks wipe a laptop and reinstall windows?
 
You can find the ISO pretty much anywhere. I got mine from the MS academic site, and I believe microsoft has a downloader that lets you download the iso directly.
 
My laptop came with the previous version, XP - I think.
So, Win7 was an upgrade.
They said I have to install Xp then upgrade it.
 
glen said:
My laptop came with the previous version, XP - I think.
So, Win7 was an upgrade.
They said I have to install Xp then upgrade it.
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Technically yes, but you can always do the double install trick. First install it to your clean hard drive without entering the CD key. After it is installed and fully updated, which might take two or more reboots, pop in the upgrade disk and install again, entering the CD key this time.
 
I made the ISO from the Digital River download files, but I had trouble making a bootable DVD from it. The following worked for me.

If you don't already have them, download and install ImgBurn, and Daemon Tools Lite.

1. Open ImgBurn, and select "Write files/folders to disk"

2. Insert blank disk in burner, and wait for status to become ready.

3. Mount the W7 iso with Daemon Tools Lite, and open it in Explorer.

4. Select the sourse in the ImgBurn Source box.

5. Select the Advanced tab, and go to the Bootable Disk tab in ImgBurn.

6. Check the "Make Image Bootable" box in "Options"

7. Bootable Disk tab;

Emulation Type = None (Custom)

Boot Image = (sourse drive letter)-\boot\etfsboot.com

Developer ID field = Microsoft Corporation

Load Segment field = 07C0

Sectors To Load = 8 (Value is twice the size- in KB- of the image file. etfsboot.com = 4KB.)

8. Click the icon in the bottom left of ImgBurn to start writing to disk.

9. If prompted, click "Yes" to switch to UDF from ISO9660 + UDF.

10. When prompted, click "Yes" to accept the Volume Lable.

11. Click OK to confirm the configuration on the next popup.
 
dude my digital life has links to all iso's - they are legal to download - use your favorite iso burner like imgburn or nero or win7 right click burn iso
 
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