I know I had a Win 7 DVD, I downloaded the official ISO (several years ago) just before MS pulled the plug on the Digital River site that hosted them. I used it to repair stuckling2's laptop. Now I can't find it.
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Re: lost master disk
Been there, been in both boy's bedrooms, found a possible disk on one of their desks but it turned out to be audio CD tracks. I've even asked a colleague at work who I might have lent it to as he was having 'issues' with his Win 7 system some time ago. No joy.
Been out into the garage too, to rummage through what everybody else refers to as the multi-story junk park but I know is a collection of 'stuff that will come useful the instant it is thrown out'. No joy there either.
Been through my external HDD too, where I'd expect a backup of the iso to reside, nothing. Been through the HDD on the old XP box as well, can't find it.
Deep sigh.
Ken
Been out into the garage too, to rummage through what everybody else refers to as the multi-story junk park but I know is a collection of 'stuff that will come useful the instant it is thrown out'. No joy there either.
Been through my external HDD too, where I'd expect a backup of the iso to reside, nothing. Been through the HDD on the old XP box as well, can't find it.
Deep sigh.
Ken
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Re: lost master disk
Does https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/softwar ... d/windows7" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; help?
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Re: lost master disk
No because the key I've got is an OEM Key, I got an 'oops something's gone wrong' when I entered it, and I had double double checked I hadn't got a typo in it. That key did reactivate Win 7 HP on stuckling2's laptop (but it had to be done by phone) after I'd reinstalled Win 7 on an SSD.
I went looking for the disk in case I ever needed it again. Paranoia brought on by the bad experience of my Win 10 SSD.
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I went looking for the disk in case I ever needed it again. Paranoia brought on by the bad experience of my Win 10 SSD.
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Re: lost master disk
I usually find these DVDs in the drive where I last used them...
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Re: lost master disk
not there either. 'Tis a mystery. It will turn up in the last place I look.
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Re: lost master disk
The more I look for it and the more I don't find it, the more I think I did lend it to a collegue at work. Trouble is, he reckons he's not got it.
Oh well, c'est la vie.
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Oh well, c'est la vie.
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Re: lost master disk
Still can't find the actual DVD but I have finally located the .iso file so I can make a new one, hurrah!
Ken
PS told you it would be in the last palce I looked
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Re: lost master disk
Strange how that seems to happen so often, eh Ken?stuck wrote:
Still can't find the actual DVD but I have finally located the .iso file so I can make a new one, hurrah!
Ken
PS told you it would be in the last place I looked
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Re: lost master disk
it's uncanny, verging on
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