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Windows 7 re-instilation after huge mess up
So it all started about a year and a half ago when I downloaded the Windows 8 beta. I downloaded and installed it, and being the stupid person that I was, I lost my original Windows 7 boot somewhere. Now I just dealt with it for sometime, but I ended up reverting back to by Ubuntu boot, and just using that, until I torrented a copy of Windows 7 Professional, and I only had Home Premium originally. So now I'm stuck with a torrent of Windows 7 without a back up disk. I could get a new Windows 7 boot disk if that was the only option, I don't really want to spend 100$ for something I already had. So my question is:
A) If I can re-install Windows without buying anything new AND without losing any of my data, how?
or
B) If I have to buy a new Windows disk, how would I go about installing it without losing my current data.
Thank you.