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Good afternoon peeps ,

I have my brothers pc with me as it's hard drive has gone pop. Being in his 60's he hasn't any recovery media. I have pumped the product key into microsoft for a copy of the iso but it refers me to HP for it. How can i get a link for the correct iso file to rebuild his machine please.

Thanks very much

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You cannot. HP has no .isos for download. Microsoft used to publish Windows 7 OEM .isos on its "digital river" site until maybe just under 2 years ago when they took it down. You can look on eBay and maybe just online for a recovery disk for your specific model which you see for sale for maybe $40, or you can take a walk on the wild side and look for Digital River mirror sites for Windows 7 .isos. They are out there and for the most part trustworthy but they are not official and Microsoft does not like us to post specific links for you. 

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You cannot. HP has no .isos for download. Microsoft used to publish Windows 7 OEM .isos on its "digital river" site until maybe just under 2 years ago when they took it down. You can look on eBay and maybe just online for a recovery disk for your specific model which you see for sale for maybe $40, or you can take a walk on the wild side and look for Digital River mirror sites for Windows 7 .isos. They are out there and for the most part trustworthy but they are not official and Microsoft does not like us to post specific links for you. 

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Thank you for your reply however disappointing it is !

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