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[ozrobbo]

Hello

I love windows 7

I have lost my windows dvd and now digital river is offline I am in a pickle.

I notice Microsoft has a new way to download a new windows 7 iso once you have verified your product key.

The quistain I have is, if I purchase a retail disk off ebay that dies not have SP1 so its an older version will Microsoft download the same version without SP1 or will it allow me to download the latest version with SP1?

 

[Golden]

Probably the one with SP1....give it a try

 

[DavidE]

Do you have a COA sticker on your PC ?

Is your PC a pre-built such as HP, Dell, Lenovo, etc. ?
Or, is it a custom-build, home-build, etc. ?

A pre-built OEM probably can't download the official ISO from MS, you need to contact the PC manufacturer for recovery media.
A "custom-build OEM" or full Retail license should be able to download the ISO from MS.

Your SF specs show nothing i understand.
Fill in your specs, including make and model, etc.

If you buy off ebay, good luck.

If you want a legitimate Win 7 license, purchase from a reputable dealer such as NewEgg, Tiger Direct, BestBuy, etc., that will make good on what you purchase - the Windows license will be legitimate !

 

[ozrobbo]

Problem is I need to download the retail iso and you cannot by retail product keys so i have to resort to ebay

 

[DavidE]

So, you can't download with a retail product key ?

Can you get a legitimate DVD or ISO from anyone you know, or any other PC you have ?
If you can get any legitimate DVD/ISO, it can be converted to another version.
You MUST have a legitimate license for this.

 

[ozrobbo]

I read you can make vanilla copy so you can delete the ei.cfg file or edit it and change the disk from oem to retail and also change the os version.

Can you do this with the oem disk or only the retail disk?

 

[ozrobbo]

So, you can't download with a retail product key ?

Can you get a legitimate DVD or ISO from anyone you know, or any other PC you have ?
If you can get any legitimate DVD/ISO, it can be converted to another version.
You MUST have a legitimate license for this.

Well I dont have the retail key with me its back at my holiday house, I dont have the internet there so I need to download the iso so when I am up there I can get my pc going ago.

So only need to download the iso here, was going to just buy a retail copy on ebay just for the code so i can download.

I have an OEM version but I cant converted OEM only retail.

 

[DavidE]

I read you can make vanilla copy so you can delete the ei.cfg file or edit it and change the disk from oem to retail and also change the os version.

Can you do this with the oem disk or only the retail disk?

As far as i know OEM vs. Retail makes no difference
I only have retail licenses, so i can't test OEM.

If your licensed version is unavailable you can unlock all versions in any ISO by running ei.cfg removal tool or by deleting ei.cfg file from Sources folder on bootable flash stick. Check the HASH first before unlocking the ISO.

Quote is from Greg's tutorial here:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/219487-clean-reinstall-factory-oem-windows-7-a.html

 

[ozrobbo]

That's what I thought

But I have read you cannot make a vanilla disk using an oem disk as its locked to the oem version. I know I can edit ei.cfg and change the version or change the retail or oem channel or even delete it and make it a multiple version boot disk but only on the retail iso and not oem

 

[DavidE]

I thought OEM vs Retail makes no difference for this, but i could be wrong.
I can't test this with an OEM license/ISO, i only have Retail.

 

[ozrobbo]

Bummer.... Think I will have to risk $180 on ebay just so i can download the iso

 

[DavidE]

180 on ebay - WOW, rip-off imho.
I hope you get a legit license !
Can you buy from NewEgg in Australia ?

 

[ozrobbo]

Newegg only has oem. I can get oem's here without a problem but I need a retail licence to download the iso.

 

[DavidE]

I thought a "Retail" OEM license could download from the MS site, based on a recent change.

Now it's only "PC Manufactures" OEM license that can't download the ISO from MS.

Search for this, if i find threads about it i'll post back.
Maybe someone else here knows better !

 

[ozrobbo]

You must have missed what I said.

My Windows 7 retail product key is at my holiday house about 5 hours from here and I don't have internet there so I need to download the iso here and take it with me so I can fix my laptop up there.

But as I don't have the key with me at rhis momement I cannot download the iso, if I could download the iso withour the product key (like digital river) I would not be here

EDIT: Now I missed what you said I don't wanna spend cash on a oem disk if its not gonna work.

 

[DavidE]

No, i didn't miss that.
I just tried to help you from over spending un-needlessly.
Do what you must to get working.

 

[ozrobbo]

Appreciate it

Just in a pickle, either trust eBay or trust oem

 

[DavidE]

yea

 

[ozrobbo]

Hmm another option to ask around on the forums if anyone can send me a download link. I was just reading that you can put a product code in and get the direct download link to the iso emailed.

Anyone got a retail serial they can put into microsoft recovery and send me the download link?

I don't see the product key just get a link to the iso, not even linked to the product key just need it to get past the firewall of the link


EDIT: Apologise if I broke any rules with that message

 

[Ztruker]

You can do a torrent download from here for some of the versions: [removed]
You need to install a torrent client. I looked at the ones suggested and didn't like any except for qTorrent which doesn't try to install a bunch of scamware. I used it to download Windows 7 Pro X86 and X64 and compared the md5 checksums with what they posted and they matched. Now I need to find somewhere to compare them against actual md5 checksum values from Microsoft Downloads or at least MS published.

Good luck.

Edit: Compared them with the MSDN Technet MD5 sums and they match so these are good, safe ISOs to use,