mike wrote:


What I'd do is install win7 from the digital river
win7 generic install disk. That's by far the least
stressful. I haven't looked for one lately, but
they are likely available somewhere, but malware
is always a risk.

DigitalRiver as a source, dried up several years ago.

Heidoc (URL Generator) generates a Windows 7 URL so
you can fetch the file from TechBench. Microsoft only
allows people with Retail license keys, to download
a Win7 ISO. Using the Heidoc facility, it will give
you a URL valid for 24 hours, and the download site
is actually Microsoft. At the current time, the Heidoc
developer is running in "hobbled" mode. Microsoft has
thrown up a road block, and the "rate" that URLs can be
generated is now strictly limited. It means, if using
the Heidoc tool today, you may have to wait a bit for
it to work out a URL. In the past, it worked instantly.
The Heidoc tool is tailor made for the Dell or HP
users of the world (the ones where the COA isn't worth
anything for this purpose of downloading media).

Since Heidoc doesn't store the file, and the file
comes from Microsoft, it should be good to go.

Paul