Never thought I'd need win8.1 again - but...

[CarvedDuck]

Hi All,

Some months back I installed Ubuntu on my faithful old Acer V5, formerly win8.1-x64.

I now need to install 8.1 as some commercial software I use about twice a year only comes in windows flavor.

I have shrunk up the Partitions and made an 80G hole for windows, but now I cannot find an **official** download link for an 8.1 .iso. The only stuff I can find on msoft site uses the Media Creation tool for 8.1 and that also does not run under Wine. No real surprises there.

I have searched for about 40-minutes and found nothing for a genuine download. The few links I did find are all now dead.

So, can anyone help with a link to the .iso win8.1 download from the real microsoft site? I do not want to have to buy a cheap laptop just to run the windows software a few times a year.

As nothing has changed on the hardware side, a clean install should Activate OK. NOPE! Do NOT want win10.

Thanks.

 

[KYHI]

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Although testing just now > Site is Down or has been removed

 

[z3r010]

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The site will have anti leaching tech to prevent other sites directly linking their work, I've edited in a working link to the download page.

 

[KYHI]

Thank You..

 

[CarvedDuck]

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Thanks, but it will not run in Wine either.

I'll see if I can do the download at the local Library. It will mean sitting at the almost static screen for 1-1/2 hours.

 

[Mark Phelps]

You can NOT install Windows through Wine -- if that is what you are trying to do.

 

[winderz8]

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thanks