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I recently used the Windows USB Tool from Codeplex and I noticed that there are some new ISOs in its folder. I didn't recall having the option to download ISOs, and nothing in the help page or the main page suggests that the tool downloads ISOs for you.

I didn't think Microsoft freely gave away it's ISOs, but I uncovered that fact while reseaching that. However, I could not uncover the ISOs nor their MD5 hashes. I found some SHA-1 hashes here though, but I don't know the veracity of this site/posting, since I can't determine it's officiality.

  • Does this tool normally download ISOs?
  • Is it a default installation option, or did I select it somewhere?
  • How do I verify they are legitimate, untampered with ISOs?
  • How do I know what flavor image they are (VL, retail, OEM)
  • How do I know what key is needed for them?
  • How do I know if these ISOs are used by the tool, or if it uses the one I select? (I think it used the one I selected during my last use, but I'd like to know)
  • Is there some documentation or man page that I missed somewhere that explains all this already?

The tool appears to have created this folder/directory and these files:

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YetAnotherRandomUser
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Microsoft does sort of gives away free Windows ISOs, but that's since Windows 8 AFAIK.

I don't see how would the ISOs be downloaded by that tool, since the step one of the tool requires you to browse for an ISO, that is, specifying a path for that. If it acts as some sort of ISO download manager I suppose it will simply give you a list instead:

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AFAIK the tool is merely an installation DVD/USB creator for ISO(s) you got from Microsoft Store.

So I bet you just downloaded those ISOs from somewhere yourself but have forgotten about that?

Tom Yan
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