You will need an 8Gb USB drive, since the Windows ISOs are usually about 4 Gb in size. You might need to change the BIOS settings to do this. You then stick it to your computer and boot from the usb. You can also download Windows 10 ISOs from MS Tech Bench.ĮDIT MAY 2016: MURPHY IS BACK IN BUSINESS!Īfter you have your installation media, use a tool called Rufus to make a bootable usb-drive.
He releases a new ISO every month, so you don't have to install tens of updates, and leaves the windows files unaltered.ĮDIT: murphy78 has quit making integrated ISOs. I suggest using ISOs from user murphy-78 on KAT/TPB. Note that the checksums do not correspond to ISOs with integrated updates. u/gaviddinola has provided us with link to the MSDN checksums! This is major advantage, big shout out for him/her :) You can only go through the internet and see if you find the SHA-1 by someone else, preferably on several different sites. The medias are usually taken from Microsoft Developer Network, which only developers can access. Problem here is that Microsoft does not publicly provide SHA-1 checksums so it is rather difficult to confirm the validity of your installation media. Stay clear from pre-activated releases or those Russian art/re-skinned versions, because there is no way to be sure what sort of scripts they contain. Seed at least till ratio of 1 or you're a bitch! Go through the comments sections on torrent sites. Learn what anti-virus programs' false positives mean and why do they occur.
If you feel like some cracks/activations seem unsafe and there is no way to find out how they work, then don't use them. Scene groups do not have "official websites". Google deletes many "good" results due to DMCA notifications and for example the results for Daz Loader are only malware. Never google anything related to cracks or activators or even torrents. This subreddit gets the same questions almost daily, and I figured I could make a comprehensive post that would show up on search.īefore I start, lets make some piracy related things clear: