How to redownload Windows 7 or 8.

My laptop was originally a Win 7 machine, but I upgraded to 8 when this came out so got free upgrade to 8.1. I need to reformat my pc but I can't find a download for OS that is not 8.1. I have the keys for windows 7 and 8 again. Download either would work for me at this point.

Thanks in advance.

Hello

Thanks for posting in the Microsoft Community.

I suggest you to refer to the post from Andre Da Costa , which was released on February 3, 2013 , and check if that helps:

http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/windows_8-windows_install/uninstall-Windows-8-reinstall-Windows-7-on-PC/8ddc787d-e9cb-46f6-9561-a918f3b4ab3a

 

Hope this information is useful, if not let us know with the updated status and we will be happy to help you further.

Thank you.

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