Or just mount the ISO (in Windows 8 or newer) to use it like a virtual disk.)Īnyway, thanks to Rafael Rivera for pointing out these downloads. You can copy one to USB or DVD disc to install Windows that way. (If you’re not familiar, a Windows ISO is a file-based version of a Windows Setup disk. The boot menu that is shown in Figure 1 English Only should appear. Restart your computer and tap the F12 key on your keyboard when you see the Dell logo.

Use the steps below to install Windows using the Dell installation media: Insert the USB you created using the Dell Windows Recovery Image. You must first enter a valid 25-digit product key before you can get a Windows 7 or 8.1 product key. Windows 7 USB / DVD Download Tool is an easy-to-use application that allows you to create a bootable USB drive or disc for installing the Windows 7/8/10 operating system. Installing Windows 11 and Windows 10 from the ISO. You can now download ISO files for Microsoft’s other supported Windows versions from the Microsoft Software Download site too. And since then, it has only offered Windows 10 ISOs-and then only for the very latest Windows 10 version- from its download website. This was a problem in the past: After I publicized the old method for downloading Windows 7 and 8.1 ISOs via Digital River, Microsoft removed them for some reason.

I’m not sure when this happened, but Microsoft now has ISO downloads available for Windows 7 and 8.1, and not just Windows 10.