How to boot a win 7 hard drive that was in Ubuntu system?

[Jim]

On 04/06/2017 02:18 PM, Jim wrote:
> On 04/06/2017 04:47 AM, Karl Auer wrote:
>> On Thu, 2017-04-06 at 09:21 +0200, Liam Proven wrote:
>>> On 6 April 2017 at 02:51, Jim <jf_byrnes at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>> All the solutions I have found require that I use a Win 7 install
>>>> disk to fix it
>>>
>>> You can download a Win7 ISO direct from Microsoft. You do need a key
>>> to do it, though. Do you have the sticker with the product key?
>>
>> Firstly, I'm pretty sure that you can install and use Windows7 without
>> a key, at least for a while - a month I think. Unless you can't even
>> download it without a key, which I somehow doubt.
>>
>> Secondly, if the installed copy was licensed, it should be possible to
>> extract the key from that licenced copy, even without booting the
>> operating system. This is one possibly helpful link, Google will have
>> many more:
>>
>> https://www.howtogeek.com/206329/how-to-find-your-lost-windows-or-offic
>> e-product-keys/
>>
>> Thirdly, if all you want to do is run one program, don't bother about
>> installing or re-installing on a hard disk, install it in a virtual,
>> install and run the program you need, and throw the whole thing away
>> when you are done. This has the happy benefit of not requiring an
>> actual disk - you can mount the ISO directly for e.g. VirtualBox.
>>
>> Fourthly, if you want Windows7 on an ongoing basis, combine recovering
>> the key with installing a virtual. You can even install the virtual on
>> your now-spare disk :-)
>
> It's a tax prep program so I want to keep it around.
>
>> Regards, K.
>>
>> PS: Silly question I know, but did the Windows7 you have come with the
>> computer? The licence key may be on a sticker somewhere. And if the
>> digits of the key have worn off, as they often do, sometimes the
>> barcode is still readable.
>>
>
> Not silly at all.  Hadn't used this machine for a while. It was sitting
> in a corner. Looked at the side facing away from me and there was the
> serial number. All these years I have had it never realized it was
> there. So a big thank you for pointing that out to me.
>
> Now I can get the iso you, Liam and Xen have recommended.
>
> Thanks all,  Jim
>
>
>

Spoke to soon, the nightmare continues. After entering my product key 
the Microsoft site tells me it is oem so I must get from the mfg. HP 
will charge me $30 and send me one.  Great customer service.

Xen gave me this url: http://mirror.corenoc.de/digitalrivercontent.net/

It's a torrent site, never used a torrent before.  Clicked the iso file, 
Transmission opened, I selected the iso, then clicked start torrent, but 
nothing happened. What am I missing?

Regards,  Jim