Solved Looking for Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit OEM ISO file to re-install

[thatbrothaspike]

Looking for a Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit OEM ISO file to re-install for my old laptop but I can't find it. Can someone help me where to download it? its for my old ASUS K52F laptop.

 

[AddRAM]

There are no legal sites to download Windows 7 OEM iso files right now.

 

[cluberti]

Not true, if you have a valid product key for Windows 7, you can get an ISO - Windows 8.1 media can be had without any product key at all:
Windows 7
Windows 8.1

 

[AddRAM]

Once again, that site only works with a Retail key, and no one has gotten that site to work for them yet.

He`s asking for an OEM iso file, so he probably only has a OEM COA key.

 

[cluberti]

Works fine for me, but of course that doesn't mean it works for everyone. If it's OEM, the OP could simply contact the OEM for media and pay the processing fee if the system is licensed for Windows 7. If they've got an MSDN sub, the files are available there.

Saying there's no legal way to get an ISO is incorrect, I was merely pointing that out. Digital River downloads were pulled, but there are other options.

 

[AddRAM]

He asked where he could download an OEM iso file, there are no legal sites right now.

Of course there are other options, but I`m not gonna blurt that out here.

If he wanted a disc from the manufacturer then he would go there.

If he has a MSDN sub, then he would use that and wouldn`t be here asking for a download site for an OEM iso file.

You must have used a Retail Key to download your iso from the Microsoft site, oem keys do not work, you get a message telling you to contact the manufacturer for Recovery media.

I did not say there was no legal way, I said there were no legal sites right now to download an OEM iso file.

 

[cluberti]

Fair enough.

 

[gregrocker]

It discusses other ways to obtain media in Step 1 of Clean Reinstall Windows 7

 

[pkw1024]

Also Looking for Windows 7 Home Premium x64

Similar to many in this forum and poster "thatbrothaspike"
I need a Windows 7 Home Premium x64 ISO or DVD

My friend brought his Son's HP desktop in for recovery.
It has Windows 7 Home Premium with the COA sticker
attached but no install DVD.
The ONLY cure for this boy's computer problem is a clean
install to a new hard drive. The boy has down-syndrome
and had an unfortunate encounter with an online repair
outfit with a name similar to Speed Up Mx XX.
The computer still works, if you could call it that but speed up
it isn't. Screwed up and with a partition drive locked it is.
Of course, No P.W..

This is not new to many of you, but I recall it "was" possible
to download various flavors of Windows 7 as an iso file from
Digital River but that is gone.
Your OEM key does not allow you to download from
MS. unless you present a valid retail key in the
verification field.
I can only guess that manufacturers put the kibosh on
downloading in order to stop people from turfing all the
Pre-installed trial ware and whatever else.

It seems clear that a borrowed DVD would get it done as long
as the license key and mother board match up.

Someone is/was selling a Windows 7 Home Premium x 64
OEM DVD on Kijiji saying the previous activation was
decommissioned. The person in question Was asking $80.00

As the one poster in this forum put it, It was so Simple

Looking for a Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit OEM ISO file to re-install for my old laptop but I can't find it. Can someone help me where to download it? its for my old ASUS K52F laptop.

 

[gregrocker]

Finding safe installation media is discussed in Step 1 of. http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/219487-clean-reinstall-factory-oem-windows-7-a.html#post1839164 Which compiles everything to get and keep a perfect install.

But many HPs have a Minimal Recovery choice that is nearly as good. What happens if you try to run HP Factory Recovery as offered in HP PCs - Performing an HP system recovery (Windows 7) | HP® Support

 

[themorus]

I have a genuine windows 7 OEM home premium disc, could I upload that to say Google Drive and share it with anyone I wanted to share with or is that illegal?

 

[Layback Bear]

Very good question themorus.

Does it not indicate on the Microsoft DVD.

Do not Lend or Make illegal copies.

To me that means do not copy or lend.

Now the problem is what does Microsoft consider illegal copies?
Who if anybody can you lend the DVD?

I don't know what Microsoft's opinion is on this matter.

I have asked for some help with your question.

 

[Brink]

I have a genuine windows 7 OEM home premium disc, could I upload that to say Google Drive and share it with anyone I wanted to share with or is that illegal?

Sorry, but not legally. Doing so would violate the copyright and EULA of Microsoft.

 

[themorus]

Fair enough.

 

[cluberti]

Depends on the country - if the user is in a few countries in the EU, it's actually either not illegal explicitly or legal grey area. In the west it's basically illegal (it violates copyright not the EULA), and in most eastern countries it is also (outside of, say, China and India).

 

[coolalee]

Okay guys, I get it that condemning piracy and whatnot is the regular course of action, but consider this: perhaps OP can't get OEM disc.

I can relate to this guy:
I have to laptops, lenovo thinkpad and asus. Thinkpad comes with recovery partition, it works I've recovered my OS to factory condition, no problem.
Asus however, has no recovery partition. It requires you to burn 5 DVDs. Which I did, when I first got it. But DVDs went spoiled over last few years or something, they don't boot at all. So I try to use Asus software to burn recovery discs again. It fails with cryptic message every time. After digging around, I find out that this software creates total 5 4,7 gig archives. Then, it creates 5 ISO files. Then it starts copying said ISO files before the burning process. It takes 60 GB of space to burn recovery discs. Now, this laptop I left for my family, so it's a bloated, never reinstalled windows, on a single, physical drive, which is 110GB. Windows installation is taking up 60 GB and there's NOTHING I can do to decrease it. So basically I can't burn those damn dvds.

So, I call Microsoft. They tell me to contact Asus. Asus in turn, tells me that they no longer have Win7 oem discs (which is bollocks, but it makes sense), but I can send them my past-warranty laptop for a servicing. Starting price: $100. So, I'm priviledged to pay one hundred bucks for a service I would do myself, if they bothered to put one of recovery CDs in a box.
So I call Microsoft again and super nice guy suggests me to find OEM disc on the internet, as long as it's legal.


I really, really don't want to pirate it, as in acquire cracked version of OS and do a fresh install. Right now, I'm running ubuntu live on that laptop, since win7 is so bloated and malware-ridden, it is non-functional.
I need OEM disc to make a reinstall, not to steal it from shelves. Not to mention that in accordance to copyright law of both EU and my country, what I'm trying to do is verified legal and classified under one backup copy for personal use.

So, before you start bashing someone next time, consider alternatives. Because call me weird, but I'm not paying $100 for a fresh-bloatware-infested install of OS (I won't get restore CD after servicing either).

 

[Aphim]

I am in the situation where I don't have a windows 7 install disc and the iso download does not allow people with the software preinstalled in the laptop to get one. All I want to do is preform a repair install since some of the registry is missing or corrupted and the laptop is unable to boot. Now I'm at a loss for what to do since paying for something that I've bought and should be entitled to just doesn't sit well with me.