It was easy to use, all you had to do was reinstall and reactivate using the product key located on the certificate of authenticity and download any appropriate drivers from the manufacturers website. Since this option is no longer available, what are your options? In this article, we take a look at what users can do if they end up in a situation needing such media. What to do if you cannot get recovery media from your manufacturer, refuse to use or purchase it or the Microsoft Software Recovery Website is not working?
Your next best option is to borrow the corresponding retail edition upgrade or full version or OEM System Builder disc from a friend or family member who has a Windows 7 disc.
You can also borrow any of the following editions: Home Premium, Professional or Ultimate and create your own disc which will give you the option of selecting the desired edition you are licensed for. Identifying the edition - Windows 7 comes in many editions, you need to get the edition that corresponds with your product key.
You can easily identify this according to the disc and labelling. Also note, you need to obtain the architecture you desire, so if you need 32 or 64 bit Windows 7, you need to specifically borrow that disc. See below:. If the disc does not look like any of the above, these instructions will not work. If you are running editions of Windows 7 such as Starter and Home Basic, these instructions should also work.
Keep in mind, Starter is only available in a 32 bit architecture, so a 32 bit disc will be required if you need to reinstall that particular edition.
Once you have obtained a copy of the disc, the first step is to turn it into a. ISO file. This will require you have access to a computer with a DVD drive. Follow the instructions in the following article to create a.
ISO file:. Once you have a. We also have talked about the improvements and newly added features to Windows 7 Professional. This feature is available on both Home premium and professional edition. With windows search, you can easily look for files or programs on your computer and locate their location or even open them using the search.
Using these features is really helpful for those who want to have quick access to their most frequent programs and files. You can also pin the documents you use the most to have quick access to them as well.
This feature is also available on windows 7 professional, with windows shake you can easily minimize all the open windows on your computer and keep the one desired working that you were working on.
All the other windows will now be minimized and only your preferred window will be shown. Windows Peek is another feature that lets you have a peek over your desktop and all the gadgets that are displayed.
To use this feature, simply hover your mouse cursor over to the bottom right corner of your computer and you will have a preview of the desktop already. You can also minimize all the open windows on your computer by clicking on it. This feature is also pretty handy for most users, this feature enables users to see a preview of the windows and even check the ongoing process of the programs or any files that are being copied.
To use this feature hover your mouse over the window you want to see the preview of on the taskbar and a small panel will appear above your cursor showing you the actual preview of that windows you can see the full preview of the same windows or even bring it to the top by hovering over to the panel or clicking on it to bring it to the top.
With HomeGroup you can easily share files, music, videos and even devices like printers, scanner or any externally connected devices, etc on a connected LAN or Local Area Network.
You can now watch movies on your Windows 7 using windows media center. After that, you should be able to do a clean installation of Windows 8. Note that the Windows 8. Microsoft will offer you a direct download of the Windows 10 or Windows 8. The tool will suggest a language, edition, and architecture for Windows based on information about the PC on which the tool is running. Next, select whether you want the tool to create a bootable USB flash drive with the installation media, or just create an ISO file that you can use or burn to a DVD later.
At this point, the Media Creation Tool will begin downloading the files and assembling your ISO, which can take a fair bit of time depending on your internet connection. Next, choose whether you want the bit or bit version of Windows 7.
When you click whichever version you want, the download will begin. Note that download links generated by the site are only valid for 24 hours.
Of course, you could always come back and walk through the verification and selection process again to generate new links. When you install Windows 7, you can avoid the hassle of downloading and installing the hundreds of updates that came out after SP1 by installing the Windows 7 SP1 Convenience Rollup.
The ISOs can be hard to find, though, and for versions of Windows other than the most current, the site tries really hard to push you into using the Media Creation Tool instead. This includes various builds of the Windows 10 Insider Preview. First, head over to HeiDoc. Just launch the executable file. Note that in addition to the regular editions of the product such as Home or Professional , you can also download regions specific editions such as Windows N which is sold to the European market and does not include multimedia apps like Media Player and DVD Maker and Windows K which is sold to the Korean market.
Finally, choose whether to download the bit or bit version of the product. Either way, note that most links generated by the tool are only valid for 24 hours, though you can always come back and generate new links. Yes, you could accomplish some of this by digging around the TechBench site, but using this clever little utility is quicker and saves a lot of hassle. Plus, for some products, like Windows 8. Microsoft also provides other software via the TechNet Evaluation Center. Good Luck! Nobody ever said Windows 7 die-hards were gonna go-down easy!!!
Kobimani, Had u tried enabling legacy support? Reviewer: pantswrestler - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - September 23, Subject: Thanks! After some fiddling around, driver installing, etc.. I've got this installed perfectly on my computer! Thanks for providing the files! I have windows 10 which comes with my pc. But i can not boot from this iso file. I used rufus to create bootable uefi image and also tried disabling secure boot but it did not install. Please insert the windows installation disk.
Also tried to boot in while inside windows 10 using setup. Reviewer: Sarmad Qureshi - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - June 14, Subject: Worked perfect I upgraded my vista machine in vmware and created a vm in virtualbox.
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