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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. :scratch:
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Under the bed? :innocent:
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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.

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Does https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/softwar ... d/windows7" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; help?
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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 usually find these DVDs in the drive where I last used them...
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:nope: not there either. 'Tis a mystery. It will turn up in the last place I look.

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That's for sure!
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:whisper: 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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:joy:
Still can't find the actual DVD but I have finally located the .iso file so I can make a new one, hurrah!

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PS told you it would be in the last palce I looked :thumbup:

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stuck wrote::joy:
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 :thumbup:
Strange how that seems to happen so often, eh Ken? :scratch:
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:yep: it's uncanny, verging on :spook:

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