Regards to windows iso OS

Hi everyone, I'm new to this forum. As we all know, Windows 10 is approaching its end of support. I was just curious whether it is worth keeping or creating previous ISO files such as Windows 7, 8, 10, and 11. Some feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Kind regards.

Yes, you never know when they may come in handy either to you or a friend.

Consider downloading to the computer drive and a flash drive with Ventoy.


There used to be multiple websites offering iso that have disappeared.

DarkSideAm said:

I was just curious whether it is worth keeping or creating previous ISO files such as Windows 7, 8, 10, and 11.

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For what purpose would you want to keep them?
Just to test OS in a Virtual system?
Or what else.

Normally spoken I would advice just to keep the latest version of Windows 11, or as in my case, the latest version of 23H2.

Edit: @zbook posted a different opion just a minute earlier.

People are having problems with 24H2 and may want an earlier version.

zbook said:

Yes, you never know when they may come in handy either to you or a friend.

Consider downloading to the computer drive and a flash drive with Ventoy.


There used to be multiple websites offering iso that have disappeared.

Microsoft Windows and Office ISO Download Tool

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TechBench by WZT (v4.1.1)

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Download Universal Windows Downloader - MajorGeeks

Universal Windows Downloader lets you download Microsoft Windows 7-10 as well as other products including OneNote, Word, PowerPoint, Office, Outlook and more....

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Download Universal Windows Downloader - MajorGeeks

Universal Windows Downloader lets you download Microsoft Windows 7-10 as well as other products including OneNote, Word, PowerPoint, Office, Outlook and more....

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Download Universal Windows Downloader - MajorGeeks

Universal Windows Downloader lets you download Microsoft Windows 7-10 as well as other products including OneNote, Word, PowerPoint, Office, Outlook and more....

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regards to windows 7 which version was most common was it home basic or premium

These were some saved links for 7:

zbook said:

People are having problems with 24H2 and may want an earlier version.

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ive havent had no issues with 24h2 but I like to keep the isos from all operating systems
on file for back up but cant seem to dwnld the files

DarkSideAm said:

ive havent had no issues with 24h2 but I like to keep the isos from all operating systems
on file for back up but cant seem to dwnld the files

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Ever use UUP dump?

Select your language then Next.
Select your version the Next.
Scroll down and select Create download package.

Extract the package to a folder, and in that folder right click uup_download_windows.cmd, run as administrator.





When its done, the ISO will be in the folder.

On the end, this is a but; like Dirty Harry says "do you feel lucky?"

I take the view that you image backup the most recent working version of Windows, then upgrade and if that gives issues, revert to backed up image.

Personally, I really do not see point of keeping lots of old versions (backups or isos to clean install).

However, you can get lots of advice for or against saving old isos, and no one answer is 100% right or 100% wrong.

In the end, it really depends on how much storage you are prepared to use having copies of old isos.

In these days of 1TB+ backup drives, it probably really does not matter that much.

A pragmatic solution is to backup old isos but delete them later if storage space is needed.