Ok, I got the idea with illegality.
Fine, I understand Davide's position obviously. It can't be different no doubt.
But do I consider it illegal for me a user? Absolutely not. We all paid for our OEM Windows programs. Once upon a time we also got media CD-Roms. Why 21st century? If they want to save costs to start with. can't this be updated to the Now since there are additionally quite good tools to recover, quite a few of us may have never realized that the bought software may one day sit completely unaccessible on the partition. And as consumer I would also like to opt for an easy way out of all the free subscription offers that usually clutter the system. Thus no doubt Jan Krohn's versions of my program look pretty alluring even SP1 already on board. I think that they are out there on the web is guarantee enough that Windows feels slightly uncomfortable with it's procedures too. No? Who thinks about rescue with a new laptop and couldn't problems occasionally be related to Windows updates? So ... hmm? No black and white. Gray really.
I didn't pay close attention to the name mentioned as legally suspect, Jan Krohn or his wonderful site with its diverse Windows 7 editions:
http://www.heidoc.net/joomla/technology-science/microsoft/14-windows-7-direct-download-links
conveniently even already containing SP1 and apparently without bloatware the one alluded to.
Can he be criminal if he does not sell it to start with? I guess the Microsoft lawyer would be slightly in trouble and as a consumer I would speak for him. No doubt.
Seems I have a steep learning curve ahead. Mount? Look I have a license key on the back of my laptop. Why shouldn't I. Also sits on the partition. Only unavailable to me at this point.
Something else I didn't manage to get accepted: Windows Rescue files:
German site: Dr. Windows. Now they offer Windows 7 and Vista both x32 und x64 rescue files, quite possibly in the other sections also rescue files for other systems.
http://www.drwindows.de/windows-tools/15019-windows-7-systemreparaturdatentraeger-64-bit.html.I would say as long as we are forced to copy our own files since it saves Microsoft, Toshiba, Asus, Lenova et al money. They should be also prepared to help us as long as we have a license key. Technically that wouldn't really be difficult I guess. Let say you have to register with a fingerprint exactly for your machine? Why not? I would accept that. At this point my Windows still sits there on "D" any. Should I consider myself criminal if I use the little help of these "semi-criminals" out there. No, definitively not. Would a LInuxer ever use an illegal Windows program? Well, everybody else is a Windows costumer anyway. No?
See, there we go, different opinions. I am prepared to argue my version in court. And now I have to study MOUNT. That looks cryptic. Is that Linux? I already looked into the CFG Iso.ini. Hmm??