Notebooks & Netbooks

[Giudi]

I'd like to make this change, but can't find a downloadable version of WIndows 7 to purchase, and this netbook (Acer Aspire One, AOA 150) has no DVD drive.  Any suggestions?  (Or does anyone know where I can safely buy the downloadable version?)

(A friend suggested I buy the disc, copy it onto my other computer, and transfer it by mt home network to the Acer. But I don't want to spend the money without assurance this will work, and that the installation won't ask me midway to do something that requires the disc.)

Thanks.

[finlux · Accepted solution]

Hi Giudi

You can't download a licensed copy of Windows 7 (with a product key).

The best thing to do is to buy a disk from your favourite online store (or your local PC shop) and to buy an external DVD drive like this, and load Windows that way.

There are also ways to use your Windows 7 disk and copy the ISO image to a USB drive, and boot from that, but you need a DVD drive to copy the Windows disk!

Your friends idea might work, but there is a possibility it might need the disk.

Easiest, and quickest way is my first suggestion. USB DVD drives are quite inexpensive, and are useful as a backup....!

[Giudi]

Hmmm.  That's a thought.  Thanks for the idea.

Or maybe I should just look for a used netbook with Win 7 already installed.

[Thedeathofxp]

The thing is my AOA 150 runs fine with xp but ms is stopping support april 8th! Will stay with xp until I get hit with malware . I have Aspire one with 7 an it has little hic up's sometimes....