Download Windows 7 Home Basic

I have a laptop and Windows 7 Home Basic 64bit OEM original (genuine), there is the COA on the bottom of my laptop. Accidentally, I upgraded it to Ultimate but it's not genuine, so I want to perform fresh install back to the Home Basic.

I didn't get the CD recovery from the manufacturer, I just tried to download the .iso file from microsoft software recovery, but couldn't do that, because it's only for retail version...

I have no choice, and I searched the internet, I found the third party site that serve the Windows 7 .iso, it was official, untouched, and clean, doesn't any crack, modifer, keygen, etc.. It's only the eifcg has removed, so the setup was AIO (All-in-One) or universal, included x86 and x64. Just like the original CD contains. I've download it, install to my laptop, and I use my genuine oem product key to activate it, and it was successfully passed all the activation, got the microsoft security essentials, and have been upgraded to Windows 10 Home.

Is it legal for me to do that? Downloading the iso file from third party instead the digital river has been ended.. I have no choice.. Here's the link that I download the 7.iso :

http://getintopc.com/softwares/operating-systems/windows-7-home-basic-free-download-iso-32-bit-64-bit/

Please check it, is it legal? And should I buy the genuine dvd to reinstall it?

Thanks.

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Answer

Andre Da Costa

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Its fine, but getintopc is not a condoned site for downloading Windows reinstall media. In future review options you can consider:

For the past 5 years Microsoft made it quite easy for users of the Windows 7 operating system to obtain reinstall media. If you lost your retail installation disc or recovery media; either it was damaged or faulty; you could download a copy of the edition you have a license for from an affiliate website named Digital River. Most recently, Microsoft ended availability of reinstall media which you could download as a .ISO file from Digital River, which is a digital replica of a optical disc.

This was especially handy for persons who could not easily obtain recovery media from the manufacturer, did not want to pay the cost required to obtain it or preferred a clean configuration without the manufacturers bundled software or even a non-functional recovery partition. It was easy to use, all you had to do was reinstall and reactivate using the product key located on the certificate of authenticity and download any appropriate drivers from the manufacturers website.

Since this option is no longer available, what are your options? See article for details:

How to: What are my options for obtaining Windows 7 reinstall media?

Make sure to scroll down and read the section:

What to do if you cannot get recovery media from your manufacturer, refuse to use or purchase it or the Microsoft Software Recovery Website is not working?

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