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Does Dell supply an actual Windows disk with new laptops?
I have a 5 1/2 year old Dell Latitude D820 laptop computer and it came
with a Windows XP CD. My two year old Gateway desktop did NOT. A recovery partition only. Which I REALLY hate since I want a Windows CD to be able to wipe the entire hard drive clean and install Windows myself. Now I am in the market for a new Dell laptop (XPS 17 or Inspiron 17). Does Dell still supply an actual Windows CD as they did five years ago? Bud H |
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Does Dell supply an actual Windows disk with new laptops?
On 1/1/2012 10:10 PM, Bud H wrote:
I have a 5 1/2 year old Dell Latitude D820 laptop computer and it came with a Windows XP CD. My two year old Gateway desktop did NOT. A recovery partition only. Which I REALLY hate since I want a Windows CD to be able to wipe the entire hard drive clean and install Windows myself. Now I am in the market for a new Dell laptop (XPS 17 or Inspiron 17). Does Dell still supply an actual Windows CD as they did five years ago? Bud H home and home office computers do not come with recover cds from dell (or any other major manufacturer that i know), but the small business machines do (vostro, latitude, optiplex). dell pcs that do not come with media have a way for you to burn your own copy of the windows dvd using your blank dvd+/-r media. also dell has a page where you can order recovery media free of charge, once per system, if you are in the usa. https://support.dell.com/support/top.../backupcd_form |
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Does Dell supply an actual Windows disk with new laptops?
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, Bud H wrote: I have a 5 1/2 year old Dell Latitude D820 laptop computer and it came with a Windows XP CD. My two year old Gateway desktop did NOT. A recovery partition only. Which I REALLY hate since I want a Windows CD to be able to wipe the entire hard drive clean and install Windows myself. Now I am in the market for a new Dell laptop (XPS 17 or Inspiron 17). Does Dell still supply an actual Windows CD as they did five years ago? Bud H I have nine Gateway laptops and they all came with a Recovery DVD. Although they are between 4 to 5 years old. So maybe things are different nowadays. And to add to RnR comments, there are companies that sell Recovery discs for major manufactures. Most of them generally run about 25 bucks for the OS, drivers, and the applications that came with the machine. One that I have dealt with is: http://www.RestoreDisks.com -- Bill Gateway M465e ('06 era) - OE-QuoteFix v1.19.2 Centrino Core Duo T2400 1.83GHz - 2GB - Windows XP SP3 |
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Does Dell supply an actual Windows disk with new laptops?
On Jan 1, 11:18*pm, Christopher Muto wrote:
home and home office computers do not come with recover cds from dell (or any other major manufacturer that i know), but the small business machines do (vostro, latitude, optiplex). *dell pcs that do not come with media have a way for you to burn your own copy of the windows dvd using your blank dvd+/-r media. *also dell has a page where you can order recovery media free of charge, once per system, if you are in the usa.https://support.dell.com/support/top...port/dellcare/... Thanks Chris, I sent for mine and they came in 2 days. |
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Does Dell supply an actual Windows disk with new laptops?
On Mon, 02 Jan 2012 00:18:03 -0500, Christopher Muto
wrote: On 1/1/2012 10:10 PM, Bud H wrote: I have a 5 1/2 year old Dell Latitude D820 laptop computer and it came with a Windows XP CD. My two year old Gateway desktop did NOT. A recovery partition only. Which I REALLY hate since I want a Windows CD to be able to wipe the entire hard drive clean and install Windows myself. Now I am in the market for a new Dell laptop (XPS 17 or Inspiron 17). Does Dell still supply an actual Windows CD as they did five years ago? Bud H home and home office computers do not come with recover cds from dell (or any other major manufacturer that i know), but the small business machines do (vostro, latitude, optiplex). dell pcs that do not come with media have a way for you to burn your own copy of the windows dvd using your blank dvd+/-r media. also dell has a page where you can order recovery media free of charge, once per system, if you are in the usa. https://support.dell.com/support/top.../backupcd_form Why only in the USA? Obviously the first answer is cost, but the world is much larger than the USA, and I'm sure that Dell sells many computers to countries other than the USA. |
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Does Dell supply an actual Windows disk with new laptops?
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On Mon, 02 Jan 2012 00:18:03 -0500, Christopher Muto wrote: On 1/1/2012 10:10 PM, Bud H wrote: I have a 5 1/2 year old Dell Latitude D820 laptop computer and it came with a Windows XP CD. My two year old Gateway desktop did NOT. A recovery partition only. Which I REALLY hate since I want a Windows CD to be able to wipe the entire hard drive clean and install Windows myself. Now I am in the market for a new Dell laptop (XPS 17 or Inspiron 17). Does Dell still supply an actual Windows CD as they did five years ago? Bud H home and home office computers do not come with recover cds from dell (or any other major manufacturer that i know), but the small business machines do (vostro, latitude, optiplex). dell pcs that do not come with media have a way for you to burn your own copy of the windows dvd using your blank dvd+/-r media. also dell has a page where you can order recovery media free of charge, once per system, if you are in the usa. https://support.dell.com/support/top.../backupcd_form Why only in the USA? Obviously the first answer is cost, but the world is much larger than the USA, and I'm sure that Dell sells many computers to countries other than the USA. http://en.community.dell.com/support...t_os/1434.aspx See Step 3 for options. |
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Does Dell supply an actual Windows disk with new laptops?
On Jan 14, 7:03*am, "Rhonda Lea Kirk Fries"
wrote: Why only in the USA? *Obviously the first answer is cost, but the world is much larger than the USA, and I'm sure that Dell sells many computers to countries other than the USA. http://en.community.dell.com/support.../w/microsoft_o... See Step 3 for options. I did read somewhere (and I can't find it) you need to contact support (phone) to obtain disks when not in the USA. |
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