Tip: Download Windows 7 and 8.1 ISOs
by Paul Thurrott
Posted on December 4, 2018
I'm not sure when this happened, but Microsoft now has ISO downloads
available for Windows 7 and 8.1, and not just Windows 10.
This was a problem in the past: After
I publicized the old method for downloading Windows 7 and 8.1 ISOs via
Digital River , Microsoft removed them for some reason. And since then, it
has only
offered Windows 10 ISOs-and then only for the very latest Windows 10
version-
from its download website .
Well, that's changed. You can now download ISO files for Microsoft's other
supported Windows versions from
the Microsoft Software Download site
too. Here are the links:
list of 3 items
. Windows 7
. Windows 8.1
. Windows 10
list end
You must first enter a valid 25-digit product key before you can get a
Windows 7 or 8.1 product key. That seems fair to me.
(If you're not familiar, a Windows ISO is a file-based version of a Windows
Setup disk. You can copy one to USB or DVD disc to install Windows that way.
Or just mount the ISO (in Windows 8 or newer) to use it like a virtual
disk.)
Anyway, thanks to Rafael Rivera for pointing out these downloads.
Source:
https://www.thurrott.com/windows/194414/tip-download-windows-7-and-8-1-isos
