Lost your Windows Disk? Download an ISO here

[TirNaNog]

http://lifehacker.com/5832896/

Windows 7 ISO Direct Download Links
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32-bit Windows 7 Home Premium x86 ISO

Digital River: http://msft-dnl.digitalrivercontent..../X15-65732.iso

64-bit Windows 7 Home Premium x64 ISO

Digital River: http://msft-dnl.digitalrivercontent..../X15-65733.iso

32-bit Windows 7 Professional x86 ISO

Digital River: http://msft-dnl.digitalrivercontent..../X15-65804.iso

64-bit Windows 7 Professional x64 ISO

Digital River: http://msft-dnl.digitalrivercontent..../X15-65805.iso

The ISO images above are in English language. Download Windows 7 MUI language packs (x86 or x64 versions) to convert and translate installed Windows 7 to another language.

To create a universal Windows 7 any edition installation DVD ISO, follow the guide to delete ei.cfg with ei.cfg Removal Utility.

[wayfarer]

http://lifehacker.com/5832896/

Windows 7 Ultimate?

[Venomous]

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[Skywalker42]

Will a Windows 7 Home Premium Oroduct Key and Product ID work with a Windows 7 Professional installation ?

[teraside]

Will a Windows 7 Home Premium Oroduct Key and Product ID work with a Windows 7 Professional installation ?

No.

[Zyraz]

ISO for Windows vista sp2 maybe?

[ld13]

Windows 7 Ultimate?

http://174.129.85.117/data/Windows7Ultimate32bit.iso
http://174.129.85.117/data/Windows7Ultimate64bit.iso

Edit: Oops, does not work anymore!
Lemme find some new links...

[teraside]

http://174.129.85.117/data/Windows7Ultimate32bit.iso

http://174.129.85.117/data/Windows7Ultimate64bit.iso

Links not Found. The professional links work though and you can change the ISO to allow installing of any copy as well.

[TirNaNog]

Note to all... it's your COA that licenses Windows, not access to an ISO. I'm sure that's old news to everyone.

[The_Librarian]

^ what he said

Most laptops ship without an OS reinstall CD, you can either make your own (from the utility supplied by the laptop manufacturer - a real schleppa) or grab an ISO image from the 'Net and burn it when you need it the most. Best to do it while you still can.

I like it to do a fresh and clean reinstall without all the extra **** that most PC manufacturers tend to add on to their reinstall CD's.

[kooldude]

^ what he said
I like it to do a fresh and clean reinstall without all the extra **** that most PC manufacturers tend to add on to their reinstall CD's.

Or use http://pcdecrapifier.com/ if you have no choice of a fresh install.

[TirNaNog]

Or use http://pcdecrapifier.com/ if you have no choice of a fresh install.

YAY so I never have to reinstall again JK, I'll take a look at it with a pinch of salt but thanks for the link!

The PC Decrapifier is here to help! It's a free tool for you to use that helps remove programs, unnecessary startup items and icons that can slow down your PC.

Icons can slow your PC down?
As I said, pinch of salt... perhaps he was trying to speak to the average person. Some tech details on what it does would make me feel better.
Their "How it works" page looks kind of dodge technically
http://pcdecrapifier.com/features

[TirNaNog]

Lemme find some new links...

Provided they're 'official' links they should fly

[ponder]

Or use http://pcdecrapifier.com/ if you have no choice of a fresh install.

It's better to cull the crap out of the install cd/dvd before installing than doing it after the fact. nLite/vLite is good for this and considerably reduces the size of the install media. Who needs all those languages, printer drivers, obscure network protocols etc. I got a XP install CD down to about 200MB removing all the stuff I will never use & also makes for a much faster install time and a lot less HDD space taken up.

[TirNaNog]

It's better to cull the crap out of the install cd/dvd before installing than doing it after the fact. nLite/vLite is good for this and considerably reduces the size of the install media. Who needs all those languages, printer drivers, obscure network protocols etc. I got a XP install CD down to about 200MB removing all the stuff I will never use & also makes for a much faster install time and a lot less HDD space taken up.

200Mb is a nice size install. Good plan.