Microsoft Windows 8.1 reached RTM status a few weeks ago. At first, Microsoft said that MSDN and TechNet subscribers wouldn’t be able get the new ISO images and told us to wait until General Availability (GA) on October 18 like everyone else.
The back slashing for that decision from the developer and IT community was too much and today they made all Windows 8.1 images available for subscribers. As with any other Windows release, leaked images have been circulating the past week. These leaked ISOs are legit and they have the same file hashes as the files available on MSDN.
I just put up a list of English and Spanish ISO images so you can easily check the hashes if you already downloaded the files from somewhere else. You can use HashTab to check them. I maintain a custom installer for it if you are interested.
While there are many sources for the leaks, below you can find magnet links to images that I’ve personally confirmed to be legit if you don’t want to wait until October 18 to receive the free update from the Windows Store. To download magnet links, you can use uTorrent or other torrent client.
Windows 8.1 RTM ISO Image Hashes
[tabgroup] [tab title=”English”]Windows 8.1 Core/Pro x86
File Name: en_windows_8_1_x86_dvd_2707392.iso
SHA-1: 802CFCD3A411D99C097EA7E747F0B6697F9BDAC4
Windows 8.1 Core/Pro x64
File Name: en_windows_8_1_x64_dvd_2707217.iso
SHA-1: BC2F7FF5C91C9F0F8676E39E703085C65072139B[/tab]
[tab title=”Spanish”]Windows 8.1 Core/Pro x86
File Name: es_windows_8_1_x86_dvd_2707521.iso
SHA-1: 2646605E89EC14BBDDDAAC2122F9A25C3F95624C
Windows 8.1 Core/Pro x64
File Name: es_windows_8_1_x64_dvd_2707379.iso
SHA-1: 08C6B43ED6C96E7F98DAED9D13308E536B6D1481[/tab]
[tab title=”Language Packs”]Windows 8.1 Language Pack x86
File Name: mu_windows_8_1_language_pack_x86_dvd_2706085.iso
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, Spanish, Estonian, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Croatian, Hungarian, Italian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese-Brazil, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Chinese – Hong Kong SAR, Chinese – Simplified, Portuguese-Portugal
SHA-1: 3B62F16F50F3F80A58BE29B4B3A99885BD8F1AD4
Windows 8.1 Language Pack x64
File Name: mu_windows_8_1_language_pack_x64_dvd_2706084.iso
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, Spanish, Estonian, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Croatian, Hungarian, Italian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese-Brazil, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Chinese – Hong Kong SAR, Chinese – Simplified, Portuguese-Portugal
SHA-1: 4D567D72CBFF463F5C2C64B0B221E7A408240183[/tab] [/tabgroup]
Windows 8.1 RTM Magnet Links
[tabgroup] [tab title=”English Images”]
MICROSOFT.WINDOWS.8.1.RTM.X86.ENGLISH.DVD-WZT
File Name: Windows_8.1_EN-US_x86.ISO
SHA-1: 802CFCD3A411D99C097EA7E747F0B6697F9BDAC4
Magnet Link: magnet:?xt=urn:btih:D40A31912E9C1227826397B208228EFF3839802D
MICROSOFT.WINDOWS.8.1.RTM.X64.ENGLISH.DVD-WZT
File Name: Windows_8.1_EN-US_x64.ISO
SHA-1: BC2F7FF5C91C9F0F8676E39E703085C65072139B
Magnet Link: magnet:?xt=urn:btih:958ED16A00869C0BA4C04815AB500FFA1F2EE92E
[/tab] [tab title=”Spanish Images”]
MICROSOFT.WINDOWS.8.1.RTM.X86.SPANISH.DVD-WZT
File Name: 9600.16384.130821-1623_x86fre_Client_ES-ES-IRM_CCSA_DV5.ISO
SHA-1: 2646605E89EC14BBDDDAAC2122F9A25C3F95624C
Magnet Link: magnet:?xt=urn:btih:5BB69204B28A132E32CF31B57F6972DE991D510D
MICROSOFT.WINDOWS.8.1.RTM.X64.SPANISH.DVD-WZT
File Name: 9600.16384.130821-1623_x64fre_Client_ES-ES-IRM_CCSA_DV5.ISO
SHA-1: 08C6B43ED6C96E7F98DAED9D13308E536B6D1481
Magnet Link: magnet:?xt=urn:btih:E1609A1860F1476E391602889B32ECADCE081923
[/tab] [/tabgroup]
You can download the ISO images and verify them against the original MSDN images using hashes.