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Win 7 Pro CD?
I have a Dell XPS 8500, with Windows 7 Professional, SP1,
with Spywareblaster, Malwarebytes, Avast , Windows Defender and Windows firewall. (1) TB HD Intel (R) Core (TM) i7-33-3770 CPU @ 3.40 GHz Ram 12.0 GB System type : 64-bit operating system I also have I have a Dell Optiplex 780 Tower, with Windows 7 Professional, SP1, with Spywareblaster, Malwarebytes, Avast , Windows Defender and Windows firewall. Seagate Desktop HDD ST2000DM001 2TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" System type : 64-bit operating system and (external hard drives) (8500) WD BLACK SERIES WD2003FZEX 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive (780) Seagate Desktop HDD ST2000DM001 2TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive I recently finished completing my backup system for both computers with includes (2) PSU's for both, external HD's for both Win 7 Pro HD for both, and just finished creating Win 10 HD for both and have a Win 10 CD for creating more. My question is this, neither computer came with a Win 7 Pro CD so is it possible with my 8500 to create one? I have the product key. I realize I can use Macrium to clone HD's but I just would like to have it if its possible and not too much hassle to create. Thanks, Robert |
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Win 7 Pro CD?
Robert in CA wrote:
My question is this, neither computer came with a Win 7 Pro CD Those XPS & Optiplex Dells come w/ a recovery part and utility for making backup media images. -- Mike Easter |
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Mike Easter wrote:
Robert in CA wrote: My question is this, neither computer came with a Win 7 Pro CD Those XPS & Optiplex Dells come w/ a recovery part and utility for making backup media images. His Optiplex 780 is a JoySystems-style refurb. And a few years back, you used to be able to get a hologram DVD with the Windows 7 Pro Refurbisher on it. (The person doing the refurbishing, would contact Microsoft and get DVD+refurbkey, as part of the kit. Today, the refurbisher goes to the website and only gets a key, no DVD. They stopped shipping the DVD a number of years ago.) I have the DVD. Since the essence of the DVD, is the .wim or .esd, that's the part that needs comparison to other available medias, to see if there is anything special about it. There is likely nothing about that DVD which is out-of=the-ordinary. The Heidoc site is now rather hobbled, in its ability to generate URLs for downloading Windows 7 Pro. So that era is just about finished. There's not much point in sending a person to Heidoc today, as the chances of them having a key to generate a URL, they've probably exhausted them for this month. And the DigitalRiver downloads stopped years ago. I have a Retail Win7 Pro, and I've used the "official" Microsoft site, to test the download capability. It works. But other license key types, such as a Dell key, such as a Refurbisher key, those won't work. The download site rejects attempts to use those perfectly valid keys, because they're "OEM", and the OEMs, I don't think they're allowed to offer downloads either. A bit of a Catch-22 for OEM owners. So, yeah, it is a bit late in the OS cycle, to be looking for a Win7 disc :-/ There have been occasions where they end up on a Google Drive or on archive.org, but it doesn't take long for the site owner to notice and zap them. Paul |
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So, yeah, it is a bit late in the OS cycle, to be looking for a Win7 disc :-/ There have been occasions where they end up on a Google Drive or on archive.org, but it doesn't take long for the site owner to notice and zap them. Paul That's kind of what I thought but it never hurts to ask. At least I can still create clones from Macrium. Thanks, Robert |
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Paul wrote:
Mike Easter wrote: Robert in CA wrote: My question is this, neither computer came with a Win 7 Pro CD Those XPS & Optiplex Dells come w/ a recovery part and utility for making backup media images. His Optiplex 780 is a JoySystems-style refurb. And a few years back, you used to be able to get a hologram DVD with the Windows 7 Pro Refurbisher on it. (The person doing the refurbishing, would contact Microsoft and get DVD+refurbkey, as part of the kit. Today, the refurbisher goes to the website and only gets a key, no DVD. They stopped shipping the DVD a number of years ago.) I have the DVD. I bought 2 Joy-refurb Win7 HPs at 2 different times (and different Win7s); one came w/ a DVD and a recovery part and one came w/ only the recovery part. I contacted Joy and asked if they could provide the image, since refurb keys don't work on images from MS et al. So, they did. They provided it accessible for dl. Since the essence of the DVD, is the .wim or .esd, that's the part that needs comparison to other available medias, to see if there is anything special about it. There is likely nothing about that DVD which is out-of=the-ordinary. The Heidoc site is now rather hobbled, in its ability to generate URLs for downloading Windows 7 Pro. So that era is just about finished. There's not much point in sending a person to Heidoc today, as the chances of them having a key to generate a URL, they've probably exhausted them for this month. And the DigitalRiver downloads stopped years ago. I have a Retail Win7 Pro, and I've used the "official" Microsoft site, to test the download capability. It works. But other license key types, such as a Dell key, such as a Refurbisher key, those won't work. The download site rejects attempts to use those perfectly valid keys, because they're "OEM", and the OEMs, I don't think they're allowed to offer downloads either. A bit of a Catch-22 for OEM owners. Yeah. So, yeah, it is a bit late in the OS cycle, to be looking for a Win7 disc :-/ There have been occasions where they end up on a Google Drive or on archive.org, but it doesn't take long for the site owner to notice and zap them. -- Mike Easter |
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On Thu, 17 Oct 2019 13:46:55 -0700 (PDT), Robert in CA
wrote: I have a Dell XPS 8500, with Windows 7 Professional, SP1, with Spywareblaster, Malwarebytes, Avast , Windows Defender and Windows firewall. (1) TB HD Intel (R) Core (TM) i7-33-3770 CPU @ 3.40 GHz Ram 12.0 GB System type : 64-bit operating system I also have I have a Dell Optiplex 780 Tower, with Windows 7 Professional, SP1, with Spywareblaster, Malwarebytes, Avast , Windows Defender and Windows firewall. Seagate Desktop HDD ST2000DM001 2TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" System type : 64-bit operating system and (external hard drives) (8500) WD BLACK SERIES WD2003FZEX 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive (780) Seagate Desktop HDD ST2000DM001 2TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive I recently finished completing my backup system for both computers with includes (2) PSU's for both, external HD's for both Win 7 Pro HD for both, and just finished creating Win 10 HD for both and have a Win 10 CD for creating more. My question is this, neither computer came with a Win 7 Pro CD so is it possible with my 8500 to create one? I have the product key. I realize I can use Macrium to clone HD's but I just would like to have it if its possible and not too much hassle to create. Thanks, Robert I could just burn you one I guess but these days you can get one with a key for about $15-20 on Ebay, still in the shrinkwrap. .. |
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