On Tue, 22 Mar 2016 07:19:39 +0000, Mike Tomlinson wrote:
> En el artículo <QbqqRQAFtO8WFwA+@anonymous.invalid>, Phil <'Phil
> (news)'@anonymous.invalid> escribió:
>
>>Mike, I really appreciate the effort. Many thanks.
>
> You're welcome.

And, may I add my thanks too? :-)
Intrigued, I tried the download link and was able to grab the file to
add to my modest collection of 64bit win7 isos. I ran the same md5sum
command and it checked out ok. However, I noticed this file was an exact
filesize match to another 64 bit iso image file which ISTR torrent
downloading a few years back.
'en_windows_7_professional_with_sp1_x64_dvd_621750.iso'
When I ran the md5sum on it, I got a different checksum value:
338f3245d68527db47b8a44e55317d0a
en_windows_7_professional_with_sp1_x64_dvd_621750.iso
I'm assuming one possible reason could be that one is an OEM version
(most likely Dell) and the other is the retail version (most likely
yours).
I kind of lost track as to which licence type (OEM or retail) you were
posting up to the download server, which I have to say seems to have a
decent internet connection. The download pretty well kept my VM cable
connection pegged at its 3788 KB/s 30,000,000bps downlink limit - it's
not often that I see a direct d/l beat a well served torrent source for d/
l speed. :-)
I'm guessing you posted the retail licensed version. Can you confirm
whether or not this was the case? It seems an unusual coincidence that
both image files should have identical sizes. I realise, with it being an
image file, it's a trivial task to pad out different iso images to the
same number of 2K blocks for either legitimate or nefarious purposes so
the size of an iso image file won't necessarily be a reliable indicator
as to the actual amount of data it contains.
--
Johnny B Good