How to install a valid copy of windows 7 when you dont have cd or backup only cd

[erslan]

Hello,

one week ago i purchased HP-1000 series laptop which came with pre installed windows 7 but my hard drive failed and a new hard drive is given to me but i dont have the cd of windows 7 or the backup please suggest how to install a valid copy of windows 7 using product key

 

[jldevoy]

Some people might claim its piracy but if you have a valid key you can d/l windows from various torrent sites. It's the key you pay for these days anyway.

 

[ss202sl]

It's not piracy to just download ISO's. In fact MS put them out here:
http://www.mydigitallife.info/download-windows-7-iso-official-32-bit-and-64-bit-direct-download-links/

Just get the one you need (have a license for).

 

[Hawkeye22]

Seems odd that HP would ship you a drive with no OS on it, especially if the laptop was under warranty. Your laptop should have contained a HP utiltity to create an install disk or a repair disk. These would have been your OS install CD's.

Being that it's OEM, I'm not sure if downloading the ISO from microsoft will work, but you can try it.