pandemonium
Oct 29 2009, 05:11 PM
quick question,
when you buy a laptop or computer is it supposed to come with a CD inside??
my friend bought a laptop and it did, and i bought one too but no CDs came with it, and my old XP desktop didn't come with one either when i bought it..
Maccabee
Oct 29 2009, 06:16 PM
it probably should have a restore disc or something.
did you by from different brands? maybe the brand you bought from just happens to not do that.
creole
Oct 29 2009, 06:18 PM
QUOTE(hermes @ Oct 29 2009, 03:11 PM)

quick question,
when you buy a laptop or computer is it supposed to come with a CD inside??
my friend bought a laptop and it did, and i bought one too but no CDs came with it, and my old XP desktop didn't come with one either when i bought it..
You should have got a disc. Did you try telling the retailer the issue?
nyaa---
Oct 29 2009, 06:26 PM
fyi it's the serial number you're paying for, not the disk. Grab an untouched ISO somewhere off the net.
pandemonium
Oct 29 2009, 06:36 PM
well the desktop was Compaq and the only CD that came with was for the Office free trial, and the laptop is Toshiba Satellite.. & i didnt ask Office depot(where i bought the laptop)
nyaa---
Oct 29 2009, 07:06 PM
Or borrow a friend's CD. What is it? XP? Anyone who knows about computers and isn't poor has an XP disk lying around.
pandemonium
Oct 29 2009, 07:14 PM
on my old computer yes.. but i was just wondering. i should prob. call office depot & complain haha
SueMorris
Nov 12 2009, 07:28 AM
Hi,
You should have got a disc
Thanks.
fixtatik
Nov 12 2009, 07:07 PM
HP/Compaq doesn't sell computers with OS disks. Instead, they partition your hard drive and load a backup from there.
mizzkim
Nov 29 2009, 01:47 AM
Kinda odd for compaq to do that...never heard of that happening lol
queen
Nov 29 2009, 04:55 AM
QUOTE(fixtatik @ Nov 12 2009, 02:07 PM)

HP/Compaq doesn't sell computers with OS disks. Instead, they partition your hard drive and load a backup from there.
this is true. you're also allowed to create one set of recovery discs under recovery manager.
synapse
Nov 29 2009, 10:14 PM
Dell gives you restore disks for the operating system. Was the disk for the OS, or was it for something else entirely?
Uronacid
Jan 12 2010, 12:40 PM
Many retailers don't include a disc with your computer. Often times you can boot to a separate partion on the HDD with applications that allow you to reformat the primary partition and reinstall the the factory default image. Microsoft requires manufactures that ship their products with Windows preinstalled to include a process for the user to reinstall windows on that machine.
pandemonium
Jan 12 2010, 05:42 PM
still open?? hmm
QUOTE(tcunningham @ Nov 29 2009, 09:14 PM)

Dell gives you restore disks for the operating system. Was the disk for the OS, or was it for something else entirely?
well i didn't need it, i was wondering in case i would later need to restore it (and i did but i didn't need a cd), also i've heard u need one for reinstalling windows or somethiing
synapse
Jan 13 2010, 10:06 AM
QUOTE(hermes @ Jan 12 2010, 05:42 PM)

still open?? hmm
well i didn't need it, i was wondering in case i would later need to restore it (and i did but i didn't need a cd), also i've heard u need one for reinstalling windows or somethiing
So, it was a Windows (restore) CD? You really would probably never use it, only if for some reason, something corrupts your entire system, and you have to replace the HDD. Then you would use the CD... If it's just restoring the computer to original settings, There are administrator options for that.
pandemonium
Jan 13 2010, 12:36 PM
cool, & thanks
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