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=== Hotfile ===
The site shut down on December
=== JumboFiles ===
Dead, dead, dead. Shut down on December
=== Letitbit ===
=== Rapidshare ===
The site shut off on March
=== Uploaded/Uploaded.net ===
The site shut down on November
=== Uploading/Uploading.com ===
Kickload.com also died in early 2012 for also unknown reasons. Domain expiry?
=== AnonFiles.com,
All dead. Shut down on August
While uncommon for bootlegs, a few bootlegs were posted
=== GOZO Finder ===▼
Seemingly defunct as of February 2024. Website is still online but files cannot be searched.
== Sites that purge files for inactivity ==▼
=== FileRio ===
Dead as of April 2024, exact shut down date unclear
=== DepositFiles ===
Still active as of April 7, 2024. However, files are purged if they are not downloaded within 90 days, so most links are long dead.
=== TurboBit ===
== Premium sites ==
=== Chomikuj ===
Chomikuj is a file sharing website based in Poland. There's a lot of bootleg ISOs here (mostly Windows XP and 7), but you'll have to pony up the money and buy download points if you want to download more than 1 MB (50 MB if you register an account). Of course, it isn't a normal website where you can use PayPal to buy the points,
Fortunately, there are a few options:
*The easiest way is to use a Telegram bot which lets you download files from Chomikuj easily. You can add it [https://t.me/CzomikBot here]. You need to type "/start" then paste the link to the file. (example: <code>http://chomikuj.pl/polonista2233/Systemy+Operacyjne/WindowZ+v2+2010/WindowZ+v2+2010,6660974000.iso(archive)</code>)▼
*If the bot is down or you can't use Telegram, you will have to a premium downloader. [https://leechall.com/ LeechAll] is able to download up to 2 GB from Chomik per day, but you'll have to battle through adfly chains, malicious redirects, and more crap to get the file.▼
▲* <s>The easiest way is to use a Telegram bot which lets you download files from Chomikuj easily. You can add it [https://t.me/CzomikBot here]. You need to type "/start" then paste the link to the file. (example: <code>http://chomikuj.pl/polonista2233/Systemy+Operacyjne/WindowZ+v2+2010/WindowZ+v2+2010,6660974000.iso(archive)</code>)</b></s> Bot is dead as of April 2024.
*Finally, if you happen to live in Poland and have a carrier that still allows Premium SMS, you can pay for the download points through that and download the file.▼
▲* If the bot is down or you can't use Telegram, you will have to a premium downloader. [https://leechall.com/ LeechAll] is able to download up to 2 GB from Chomik per day, but you'll have to battle through
▲* Finally, if you happen to live in Poland and have a carrier that still allows Premium SMS, you can pay for the download points through that and download the file.
== Active sites ==
=== 4share ===
Not to be confused with 4shared. It's a Vietnamese file upload site. The speeds aren't great and there aren't a lot of bootlegs here, but worth checking if you have an ISO name.
=== 4shared ===
One of the most popular file hosts of the mid-late 2000's, along with MegaUpload and Rapidshare. It is also one of the longest lasting file hosts from back then as well. Still online as of August 14, 2023.
▲=== GOZO Finder ===
=== Google Drive ===
Google Drive is an extremely
'''NOTE''': If you're on an old blog (such as [https://llinthit.blogspot.com Linthit], which fun fact is where most of the original Crusty Windows bootlegs were sourced from, as well as [https://3almalt9nia.com 3almalt9nia]) with a Google Drive link,
<pre>https://eaedbf0a00b3a37019819d280c9e3a86d86e0d85.googledrive.com/host/0B4fL3ZBm6JwHeDBDNUpXSWQyWUk/Windows%208.1%20MeeGo%20Edition%20-%20X64%20-%20DiLshad%20Sys%20-2015.part01.rar</pre>
<pre>https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/0B4fL3ZBm6JwHeDBDNUpXSWQyWUk</pre>
Just don't forget to remove the filename at the end.
=== Internet Archive ===
The Internet Archive, AKA archive.org is a non-profit organization, well-known for the Wayback Machine, a project dedicated to preserving the
While the vast majority of bootlegs you will find there are mostly just Windows Never Released projects, bootlegs with minimal changes and nothing else interesting, bootlegs already in the archive, Windows Vista recolors (such as Windows Vienna) which are similarly uninteresting, and lite ISOs which don't try to be anything more than that and are largely unnotable in most cases, you can find some interesting ISOs there. We usually don't accept most of the ISOs found on here, due to the reasons as disclosed beforehand.
Fun fact: Most of the original Crusty Windows bootlegs that were included when the collection was first starting were taken from [https://archive.org/details/windows-mod-collection-arabic-pack the 136GB Arabic Windows Mod Collection], which is on the Internet Archive. The site [http://3almalt9nia.com 3almalt9nia.com] was also heavily sourced from in Crusty Windows's early days. There's actually a lot of mods from the Arabic collection that are still pending to be added into the collection and be documented on this wiki. It'll eventually happen one of these days though.
=== MediaFire ===
MediaFire is still active with lots of files, however, Microsoft bots are known to scan the website for ISOs and submit DMCA claims
=== MEGA ===
MEGA is the successor of MegaUpload, and like its predecessor it's free to download from.
=== SendSpace ===
=== TeamOS ===
While
Aside from the Registered Users section, almost all of the bootlegs on here are distributed via torrent. Per site rules, you must seed these torrents for 72 hours (3 days) or else you will receive a "hit and run" infraction. Receiving too many in too short a timespan will disable your account.
=== Yandex Disk ===
Very active cloud storage service. Somewhat common for modern Russian bootlegs, alongside torrents and TurboBit. If you're looking for a Russian bootleg, searching on Yandex should be your first stop.
=== Uloz.to ===
Active, but they purged everything without any warning in January 2024. It's been replaced by their new service, Uloz.to Disk.
=== DepositFiles ===
Still active as of April 7, 2024. However, files are purged if they are not downloaded within 90 days, so most links are long dead.
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