Buying windows 7

[TArthur99]

so I am working on a computer for someone and I need to reinstall windows (the amount of viruses, malware, and bloatware is unbelievable).

which of these links is the safest to buy windows 7 from? the computer already has windows 7 on it but the person never made a system image and no longer has the restore disk (why does nobody save these... I mean come on)

https://www.amazon.ca/Microsoft-Windows-Premium-System-Builder/dp/B00H09BB16

https://softwareempire.com/product/windows-7-home-premium-sp1-64-bit/

I know that the amazon one should be legit but not sure about the software empire link...

any help is appreciated!

[harrybamber8]

Probably the amazon link as it fulfilled by amazon.

 

OR 

 

https://www.amazon.ca/Windows-Professional-64bit-System-Builder/dp/B004Q0T0LU/ref=sr_1_1?s=software&ie=UTF8&qid=1488410051&sr=1-1&keywords=windows+7

 

Read the reviews as well on amazon

[TArthur99]

alright, thanks. I am currently trying a ASUS program that is on the laptop (AI recovery burner). it says that its creating a recovery disk to reset to factory defaults so hopefully it works.

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If it still runs, just try to find the old key with something like LicenseCrawler, then reinstall using that same key.  no need to buy a new license. 

[TArthur99]

I have the product key, but Microsoft does not let you download the windows 7 ISO with a OEM windows code

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1 hour ago, TArthur99 said:

I have the product key, but Microsoft does not let you download the windows 7 ISO with a OEM windows code

No worries

 

http://188.138.9.242/Windows 7/Eng/

 

A while ago I checked some of the hashes and they match the old Technet .iso files, so I'm fairly confident that they are all good. 

Also, I have read claims from people on here that MS support will verify that the IP address is one of their own servers.  But I never bothered to check that claim, the matching hashes was enough for me.

 

You're going to need a valid key to activate them, so this is not a warez or piracy link and hence no violation of the ToS. 

[TArthur99]

thanks, I will remember those for the future. I was able to get recovery burner to start working after a reboot.