Update lost on a disc of windows 7 on the road.

I bought a new laptop in 2008.  It was installed with Vista.  I received my free upgrade to Toshiba, brought back to Tennessee in 2010.  Recently, after I had started to use another laptop for a few years, I had pulled out the old laptop and was windows 10 on it, it crashed.  I've been through and has an area of restoration on the laptop, the thought, no problem I put windows 7, put out 10 on, everything is good.  I can't find my disc of windows 7 anywhere.  I guess I can have left at KY when I moved there.  I would go back and order the original Toshiba drive, but this disc says it's for windows Vista, I'd still be in the same boat.  Where can I get windows 7 to put in my computer I had first received as free?

Option 1:

How to: What are my options for Windows 7 reinstall media?

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Option 2:

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