I agree with luciferase75, downloading the software is not illegal, in fact Microsoft would love for you to download it. As long as you are using a valid and legally obtained key, which if you have one on the machine he is using you do, everything is on the up and up.
Even if you have to call them to get the key to work again just explain to them that you had to do a wipe and they will let it go through or give you a replacement. I had to do this with a machine I was fixing for an inlaw. Just called and told them I had to completely reinstall and they gave me a reuped code.
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