An ISO file contains all the installation files for a single program, but how do you install an application from its ISO file? Well, that depends on which version of Windows you're running.

An ISO file contains all the installation files for a single program, but how do you install an application from its ISO file? Well, that depends on which version of Windows you're running.

This ISO image can now be mounted in virtual machines to upgrade a Windows installation or install a new one. You can also extract the ISO file to find a particular Windows system file.

Microsoft released Windows 10 21H2, the November 2021 Update, last week and you can now download an ISO image for the new version to put aside for emergencies or clean installs.

Create your own bootable Windows 10 ISO backup file using Windows free Media Creation Tool. Learn how now.

Let’s assume that you want to clean install Windows 11/10 on a computer from USB. For that, you must have the ISO file to create bootable USB media for Windows.

Windows 11 is available to download as an .ISO file. You might want a drink before you start, though.

How do you install Windows if you don't have an optical drive? Well, Microsoft are kind enough to help us out with this with the Windows 7 (and 8) USB/DVD Download Tool.

If you want to download Microsoft Windows 7 ISO for free, we have mentioned some direct download links to different editions of Windows 7.