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TotalyNotARobot
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I'm in a bit of issue right now since I want to reinstall Windows 7 but lost the disk soooo

I was wondering if I were to pirate a Windows 7 ISO could I reuse my product key and it would be no different than using a disk to reinstall?

Also if this works what would be the steps I'd have to take to not f*ck up?

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I'm in a bit of issue right now since I want to reinstall Windows 7 but lost the disk soooo

I was wondering if I were to pirate a Windows 7 ISO could I reuse my product key and it would be no different than using a disk to reinstall?

Also if this works what would be the steps I'd have to take to not f*ck up?

It's not pirating if you just download the ISO- its pirating if you use a pirated key.

Just download the ISO, mount it to a USB using ISO to USB and then use your product key and you should be fine.

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I'm in a bit of issue right now since I want to reinstall Windows 7 but lost the disk soooo

I was wondering if I were to pirate a Windows 7 ISO could I reuse my product key and it would be no different than using a disk to reinstall?

Also if this works what would be the steps I'd have to take to not f*ck up?

just make sure the md5 matches the retail iso

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It's not pirating if you just download the ISO- its pirating if you use a pirated key.

Just download the ISO, mount it to a USB using ISO to USB and then use your product key and you should be fine.

Lastly I assume I'd have to reformat my hard drive and ssd?

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Lastly I assume I'd have to reformat my hard drive and ssd?

So long as Windows isn't installed on your HDD you should only have to format your SSD. So copy all your important docs to your HDD then re-install windows.

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So long as Windows isn't installed on your HDD you should only have to format your SSD. So copy all your important docs to your HDD then re-install windows.

Im actually reinstalling windows because it's installed on my hard drive and i want to move it to my ssd so I assume format both?

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Im actually reinstalling windows because it's installed on my hard drive and i want to move it to my ssd so I assume format both?

You can format the SSD and clone the HDD's OS onto the SSD.

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oh didn't know you could do that thanks for saving me having to redownload my steam library xD

No problem :)

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