Most computers with Windows they come without an installation disc that you can use to reinstall your operating system. While you have options to create recovery discs, it's not the same thing.
The same applies when you buy an upgrade from Microsoft. Again, you will not have an installation disc unless you buy it directly.
The guide below will give you direct links to the programs or installation disc images that you can legally download to your system. Of course a valid key is needed product of Windows to use them.
Σημείωση: Όλες οι παρακάτω λήψεις είναι μόνο από επίσημες πηγές. Δεν συνιστάται να κατεβάζετε Windows από ανεπίσημες πηγές. Μπορείτε να χρησιμοποιήσετε τα εργαλεία που περιγράφονται παρακάτω για να αντιγράψετε τα archives εγκατάστασης σε ένα USB, ή ακόμα να χρησιμοποιήσετε ένα από program disc burner such as ImgBurn to “burn” your OS installation to a DVD.
Windows Vista
Windowws Vista does not exist as an ISO image, but as three files, an exe file and two Wim files.
Microsoft Windows Vista with SP1 32-bit:
Microsoft Windows Vista with SP2 64-bit:
Window 7
The Windows 7 files are provided as ISO images that you can burn to disc or copy to a USB drive. They are provided by Digital River, the company that officially hosts Microsoft downloads. If you buy a copy of Windows 7 from the Microsoft Store, you'll download it from Digital River.
- Window 7 Home Premium with SP1 32-bit: X17-58996.iso
- Window 7 Home Premium with SP1 64-bit: X17-58997.iso
- Window 7 Professional with SP1 32-bit: X17-59183.iso
- Window 7 Professional with SP1 64-bit X17-59186.iso
- Window 7 Ultimate with SP1 32-bit X-17-59463.iso
- Window 7 Ultimate with SP1 64-bit X-17-59465.iso
Window 8.1
The best option to create a Window 8.1 installation tool is to download the Microsoft Setup media setup tool. This is a small program that runs on your system and helps you create the necessary files to install Window 8.1 on a computer.
All you need to do is select the desired language, Window 8.1 version, and your computer's architecture. You can choose to copy the files to a USB flash drive or create an ISO file.
Window 10
Window 10 is currently only available as a technical preview. You can download the files directly from Microsoft like ISO you can burn to DVD or copy to USB devices.
System requirements
The minimum requirements system have no big differences as you can see below.
