Why do we need to download Windows 7 Many of us bought our copy of Windows 7 pre-installed with a new desktop or laptop PC. More often than not, though, the box didn't contain a full Windows 7 DVD. Usually, we would get a 'recovery disk' or a recovery partition, to reinstate the operating system to its default settings. But this would also restore all the third-party bloatware and crapware the manufacturers include. The ability to download Windows 7 ISOs is essential for anyone who wants a clean Windows installation for their PC.
It is also handy if we misplaced, lost, or destroyed our original disk. How is it legal to download a Windows 7 ISO? When we, we don't get a special installation DVD. Every DVD of a particular version - e.g. Windows 7 Home Premium x864 or Windows 7 Professional x64 - is identical to all the others. What we buy is the unique 25-character product key. We will find it as a sticker on the retail Windows 7 DVD case.
Or, with pre-installed Windows, stuck underneath our laptop and on the side of the PC tower. With this product key, we can install Windows 7 using any disk of the corresponding version. No matter where we got the Installation DVD, we will end up with legally activated Windows 7 on our PC. We can even download Windows 7 as an ISO from the shadiest torrent site.
As long as we are using our genuine product key, the Windows installation will be 100% legal. Where can I find the Windows 7 product key? If our Windows 7 PC didn't have Windows preinstalled and doesn't have a sticker, we can use special applications to get the Windows 7 product key. Some apps will even work in cases where we can't boot into Windows, as long as the hard drive is functional. Just check out our guide on.
Microsoft giveth, Microsoft taketh away Even though it would work, downloading Windows 7 from questionable sources is never a good idea. For all we know, the ISO could contain a host of malware: rootkits, trojans, keyloggers; you name it. That's why it was a big deal that Microsoft allowed us to download Windows 7 as an ISO through Digital River. We could download Windows 7 and be sure that the ISO was clean and untampered. And then, in early February 2015, Microsoft decided to take down the Digital River ISOs, for good. Sure, they have set up the, the 'official' way to download Windows 7.
However, to download Windows 7 through this site, we need the product key of a store-bought, retail version of Windows. In case we have a desktop or laptop computer with pre-installed Windows 7, we own an OEM Windows 7 License. And Microsoft's website, for reasons unknown, won't let us download Windows 7 ISOs with a valid OEM product key. So, as OEM owners, what are we supposed to do? Steal a disk?
Free Windows 7 Complete Setup
Beg friends and strangers for a Windows 7 DVD? According to Microsoft, we should, wait a couple of weeks for the delivery, and pay the shipping and handling fees. Not exactly an ideal solution.
The clean ways to download a Windows 7 ISO The good news is that whatever goes up on the Internet, never really goes away - for better or for worse. The German mirror has done an exceptional job gathering the Digital River ISOs and uploading them as torrent files. They have all the different English versions and even a few in other languages.
Download Windows 7 Ultimate Setup File For Pc
Download Windows 7 Torrent To download Windows 7 using a torrent file, we will need a torrent client. In the example, we will be using the popular torrent client. Any torrent client will work, though, such as. So, if you already have a torrent client, you don't need to install qBittorrent.