Earlier in this thread, before my house and area became deluged by last August's floods causing the loss of it and much/many previous belongings, I had downloaded and saved the ISO file which, to the understandable frustration of many, been removed.
Yesterday I happened on a website purporting to lead to a way to download Windows 7, 8.1 or 10 Iso images direct from Microsoft. The site is:
https://www.raymond.cc/blog/links-for-windows-7-sp1-iso-from-microsofts-official-distributer/
On it the author recommends going to the Microsoft windows10ISO page (
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10ISO/) in order to obtain all flavors of Windows 7 or 8.1, using either a javascript text file or the console feature of Chrome of Firefox.
There are obviously more steps and procedures involved, like verifying SHA1 checksums, steps which by the way are also included.
I haven't yet attempted to make use of the W7 ISO, but thought that some here may find it useful.