Is there a place to find a legal, regular ISO of Windows 8?
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Basically I need to reinstall from scratch which would usually be fine but I can't get into the recovery drive. I have a product key stickied onto my PC case, and a shitty laptop with half the keyboard missing, so all I need is a regular, not-cracked, not-pirated and legal ISO and I should be good to go, right? So does anyone know where to find exactly that? :v:
Posted in fast threads because its pretty urgent.
Doesn't Microsoft let you download it if you contact them, and verify some stuff?
Dunno, it might be. Wouldn't know where, it’s difficult to look up information right now :v:
I found something on MS site but once entering the key it just tells me "This product key cannot be used to install a retail version of Windows 8".
here: [url]http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/upgrade-product-key-only[/url]
[editline]27th August 2014[/editline]
and yeah, you can't legally get an ISO for an OEM edition of windows (only a retail key), you'll have to obtain a disc somewhere else and then install it with an OEM key.
[QUOTE=usa;45804449]here: [url]http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/upgrade-product-key-only[/url]
[editline]27th August 2014[/editline]
and yeah, you can't legally get an ISO for an OEM edition of windows (only a retail key), you'll have to obtain a disc somewhere else and then install it with an OEM key.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, thats what I tried and what told me my product key cannot be used.
Shit.
[QUOTE=Coyoteze;45804465]Yeah, thats what I tried and what told me my product key cannot be used.
Shit.[/QUOTE]
It isn't illegal to torrent anything if you own what it is that you're downloading already, as long as it's for personal use.
If I break my own windows disk, but I still have the licence for it, I can re-download it online, because what I bought is the licence for it.
You could just download the iso from wherever, and then use your key.
Just stating a fact, I'm not providing any links to any warez.
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