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Originally Posted by le Pingouin

Procrastinus, I don't think that will let you download using an OEM product key.

This handy tool will download the ISO of your choice direct from MS, no product key required:

https://www.heidoc.net/joomla/techno...-download-tool

Personally I'd try a test installation using the product key you have on a separate hard drive in case it doesn't work.

Originally Posted by Procrastinus

'Is there any (legal) way to download a copy of Win 7?'

Try this:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/soft...nload/windows7

Thanks, both of you. I have a spare new drive for another project, so I'll try it on that first, as suggested.

I extracted the key from the OEM installed version on the machine, so with luck it should work OK.