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Evening folks. Apparently, I have misplaced lost my Windows 8 Pro media (still have the key), and am left with only 95, 98SE, XP Home, XP Pro, Vista Business, 7 Pro, 8.1, 8.1 Pro, 10 Home and 10 Pro in my personal DML.

The download link I was provided with at the time of purchase for 8 has been killed off by Microsoft, and the ISO builder from microsoft.com does not provide for 8, only 8.1 ... which isn't (IIRC) going to let me do the in-place upgrade I need to do from a 7 install. Worse, it seems they've been thorough about this, and my other (legit!) sources of non-corporate media only have 7, 8.1, or 10 too.

I could possibly source media the old-fashioned way, but given the end-user has a paid-for 8.1 Pro licence key, and I have a spare 8.0 key in case the installer needs it, I was hoping to get away with an in-place upgrade 7-8.0 then update, and so avoid the time-sink of a reinstall of all the software and settings.

So, is there anyone who can be a bit of a hero and suggest a quick/legit/ideally Microsoft-approved way of obtaining a consumer ISO of Windows 8.0 Pro ?

I can put a copy of it on my OneDrive for you.

SHA1: 1CE53AD5F60419CF04A715CF3233F247E48BEEC4

The media is just media.  The licensing is all tied to the key.

I'll PM you with a link in a few minutes.

Ryu Connor wrote:

I can put a copy of it on my OneDrive for you.

SHA1: 1CE53AD5F60419CF04A715CF3233F247E48BEEC4

The media is just media.  The licensing is all tied to the key.

I'll PM you with a link in a few minutes.

You sure are a nice guy Ryu Connor.

Ryu Connor wrote:

I can put a copy of it on my OneDrive for you.

SHA1: 1CE53AD5F60419CF04A715CF3233F247E48BEEC4

The media is just media.  The licensing is all tied to the key.

I'll PM you with a link in a few minutes.

Thank you, truly a wonderful gesture; hopefully one day I can repay the favour.

File received and checked out okay with certutil. Thanks again.