Where can I find a Win7 Pro OEM ISO?

castera

Hi all, really hope you can help with a near-dead laptop - configuration as follows:-

Toshiba SatPro S500-156 Win7 Pro 64-bit. Pro refurb with newish (9 months) SSD drive.


- Laptop won't boot at all - Startup repair hangs at "windows is loading files" then after a minute or two returns "I/O error 0xc00000e9" Tried F8 but cannot get as far as command prompt to try chkdsk.

- I have Windows repair disc and BIOS boot order is set to ODD first, but it didn't even seem to try to access the drive.

I attempted to download the ISO from the Microsoft site but it didn't like the key (from sticker underneath - I guess it's an OEM)

Google throws up lots of sites but I'm extremely wary of "Get Your FREE (whatever) here..", so I'm asking for any recommendations, or any suggestions at all really.

TIA

grumpycrab

castera wrote: »

I have Windows repair disc and BIOS boot order is set to ODD first, but it didn't even seem to try to access the drive.

Assuming corrupt Windows repair disk, try creating a new one (or bootable USB) from this ISO downloader...
https://www.heidoc.net/joomla/technology-science/microsoft/67-microsoft-windows-and-office-iso-download-tool
(yes a bit long-winded - probably easier for somebody to point to a Win7 repair ISO...)

EDIT: see Nifty's post!

Tiexen

I had the same thing with a laptop - you need an OEM version the Microsoft one will only accept paid for Windows

I found a version that worked on my Acer I got mine from Pirate Bay (Don't download anything from Google links)

I can give you the link I used - are you familiar with torrents?

NiftyDigits

Windows 7 Professional SP1 English 32 bit


Windows 7 Professional SP1 English 64 bit

castera

Many thanks for responses - I'll work through them and see how far I get - I'll report back..