How Do I Use the Windows ISO Downloader?

[skeezix]

I lost the reinstallation disk for Windows 7 on my laptop.

I just downloaded the Windows ISO Downloader.exe for Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit OEM. I want to reinstall Win7 on my laptop.

I put the file on a USB stick and put the stick into the laptop, but the laptop doesn't see the stick.

So how do I use the Downloader.exe file? Do I just run it? Do I have to burn it to a DVD? I'm not sure what to do with it.

Edited December 1, 2018 by skeezix

[Jan Krohn]

Yes, you first run the downloader to get your Windows image. You can then write the file to USB stick with Rufus, and install Windows from that stick.