Move Win7 Upgrade Version to New Drive Without Win7 Installation DVD


  1. Posts : 2
    Windows 7 Professional 64 bit
       #1

    Move Win7 Upgrade Version to New Drive Without Win7 Installation DVD


    Hi, I purchased a windows vista-windows 7 upgrade for $30 from a student deal here in canada. The method of installation was a simple .exe file which ran a sort of setup which automatically upgraded to windows 7. Now I have win7 professional 64 bit on my PC, and I just bought a new solid state drive. I want to move the installation to the SDD.

    So here's the problem:

    I don't have a windows 7 installation DVD, so I can't exactly use the steps described in the tutorial for reinstalling a windows 7 upgrade. I do have a valid upgrade version Product Key, so what I would like to know is whether or not it would work to clone my current install to my SDD. My SDD only has 120GB of space, so I would have to basically delete everything, but I don't care about that. Alternatively, is it illegal to download an image of a win7 installation DVD and use my valid Product Key? Theoretically the product key would work right? (I make this assumption based on the sticky about re-installing win7 upgrade versions). Or, would my key only work with a win7 install dvd that it was intended for? (I don't have one so that wouldn't really work).

    I just don't have a clue what to do here, because I don't think I can get another copy of that EXE that I used to upgrade. It says on their website that you can only re-download 30 days from your date of purchase. Am I totally stuck? I am completely welcome to any suggestions because I really hope that I didn't just waste $400 on an SSD, because I definitely don't want to buy windows 7 again.

    Thank you so much to everyone who takes the time to try to help me with this.
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  2. Posts : 5,056
    Windows 7 x64 pro/ Windows 7 x86 Pro/ XP SP3 x86
       #2

    I dont know whether your student deal is the same as the Digitalriver student upgrade deal that used to be available for $29.99. The iso's for those are available, download them only if you have a genuine upgrade key.

    MS/Digital River Student ISO Links

    Also see this thread.

    Cloning Win7 to SSD
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  3. Posts : 11,408
    ME/XP/Vista/Win7
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  4. Posts : 2
    Windows 7 Professional 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #4

    Thank you so much Bill2. I had no idea those ISOs were readily available. I found digitalriver's support email last night and it seems like it's monitored by robots because for some reason they gave me a link to microsoft office support of some kind.

    DigitalRiver is exactly the place I got it from, and a fresh install is my preferred method so this is exactly what I needed.

    Thanks again.
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