Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7

I already have everything installed I just need the key. Can someone help me?

Did you look on COA sticker? It's pictured in the steps.

I have win7 homebasic but there is not download option for that in heidoc, so Which one should I download now

danyalsad said:

I have win7 homebasic but there is not download option for that in heidoc, so Which one should I download now

Just download Home Premium and use the method in the second bullet point of step 1 to unlock the other versions.

• If the licensed OS printed on the COA sticker on bottom is Home Basic or Starter then download Home Premium, run the eicfg removal tool to unlock all versions, later during install choose the licensed version from menu.

VegasIP said:

Can someone explain to me why it is safe to download an operating system iso from some random web address? I know that the iso's are stored on a windows.net domain, but there is all kinds of content stored there that definitely is not produced by Microsoft.


How do I know that these iso's are really created by Microsoft and haven't been tampered with?

Why would you think it's safe?

You wouldn't know that a random OS ISO hasn't been tampered with.

That's why people here are directed to the known good authorized source for Win 7 ISOs, not a random source.

ignatzatsonic,

Yes, "random" was not the right choice of words. The link is from a website that is known to you from experience. But the address itself gives no guarantee that what is on the other end is actually from Microsoft. I guess users would have complained on the message boards if the downloads gave them problems. I would just be worried that there would be some kind of undetectable backdoor in there since it would be right in the OS.

We've helped tens of thousands of consumers here get perfect reinstalls using those ISO's without a single complaint, not one.

That's just those we helped directly. Millions more have accessed our tutorials that provide the Win7 ISO links for reinstalls, Repair Installs and boot rescue. We've never heard a peep from any of them either, except twice when the links went down when we heard about it immediately.

This site does not make decisions like this without careful research and deliberation which is another reason it is the top tech site in web history.