How To Install Windows 7 Video Download

Many computers ship without Windows seven installation discs. Instead they come up with "recovery" discs and/or partitions that claim to restore your PC to its "factory fresh" state, merely include a ton of bloatware (free trials, media players, useless utilities, and the like) along with Windows. Removing each slice of bloat is fourth dimension-consuming, and just not the same as truly starting fresh.

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In this article, you'll larn how to brand your own Windows 7 installation disc (or USB wink drive) and use the valid production key y'all already have to perform a fresh reinstallation. The following method is effective and legal, and doesn't require a lot of technical expertise. (If you practise need help with bloatware, however, read "What to Do With a New PC.")

However, we don't recommend that you delete your recovery partition or throw away your existing recovery discs. Although many people accept had success with the following process, others have not. Some users have not been able to actuate their re-create of Windows fifty-fifty after entering a valid production central, while others own PCs that require software non included in a Windows 7 ISO. You take no manner to know whether this procedure will work for you until you try, and you lot need a backup plan in instance information technology doesn't.

Also, save your files and drivers to external media before you start. Reinstalling Windows wipes out all personal data and causes a loss of functionality in devices for which Windows lacks an adequate built-in driver. Program on loading the latest device drivers from media you create before reinstalling Windows.

Reinstalling Windows seven, Step by Step

1. Detect your Windows 7 product key: Typically this 25-character alphanumeric string is printed on a sticker affixed to your PC or on documentation included with your PC. Alternatively, you can utilise a keyfinder plan such as Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder to pull your product key from the Registry. You need your product key to reinstall Windows.

Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder helps you round up your serial numbers. — Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder helps you lot round up your serial numbers.

2. Download the ISO file for the version of Windows 7 you own:

~~Home Premium SP1 (English, 64-scrap)~~
~~Professional SP1 (English, 64-bit)~~
~~Ultimate SP1 (English, 64-bit)~~
~~Dwelling Premium SP1 (English, 32-chip)~~
~~Professional person SP1 (English, 32-fleck)~~
~~Ultimate SP1 (English, 32-bit)~~

The above links point to Digital River, a licensed distributor of Microsoft software. These downloads are each over 3GB, and your production key volition work just with your edition of Windows, so make sure to select the correct one.UPDATE ii/25/15Digital River no longer works; you can now download Windows vii ISOs from Microsoft's Software Recovery website.

3. Download the Windows 7 USB/DVD download tool. This utility lets you lot copy your Windows vii ISO file to a DVD or USB flash drive. Whether you lot choose DVD or USB makes no difference; but ostend that your PC can boot to the media type you select.

4. Boot your reckoner using the Windows 7 DVD or USB wink drive. Follow the prompts to prepare the destination hard drive and install Windows.