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 Oct 29 2009, 05:11 PM
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 the name's mario  Group: Official Member Posts: 1,270 Joined: Jun 2008 Member No: 656,520  |
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.. |
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Oct 29 2009, 06:16 PM
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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. |
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Oct 29 2009, 06:18 PM
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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? |
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Oct 29 2009, 06:26 PM
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 /人◕‿‿◕人\ Group: Official Member Posts: 8,283 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 602,927 |
fyi it's the serial number you're paying for, not the disk. Grab an untouched ISO somewhere off the net.
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Oct 29 2009, 06:36 PM
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the name's mario Group: Official Member Posts: 1,270 Joined: Jun 2008 Member No: 656,520 |
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)
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Oct 29 2009, 07:06 PM
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/人◕‿‿◕人\ Group: Official Member Posts: 8,283 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 602,927 |
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.
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Oct 29 2009, 07:14 PM
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the name's mario Group: Official Member Posts: 1,270 Joined: Jun 2008 Member No: 656,520 |
on my old computer yes.. but i was just wondering. i should prob. call office depot & complain haha
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Nov 12 2009, 07:28 AM
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Newbie Group: Member Posts: 1 Joined: Nov 2009 Member No: 751,757 |
Hi,
You should have got a disc Thanks. |
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Nov 12 2009, 07:07 PM
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HP/Compaq doesn't sell computers with OS disks. Instead, they partition your hard drive and load a backup from there.
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Nov 29 2009, 01:47 AM
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 meow meow meow Group: Member Posts: 149 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 7,364 |
Kinda odd for compaq to do that...never heard of that happening lol
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Nov 29 2009, 04:55 AM
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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. |
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Nov 29 2009, 10:14 PM
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 Live long and prosper. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 10,142 Joined: Apr 2007 Member No: 514,926 |
Dell gives you restore disks for the operating system. Was the disk for the OS, or was it for something else entirely?
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Jan 12 2010, 12:40 PM
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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.
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Jan 12 2010, 05:42 PM
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the name's mario Group: Official Member Posts: 1,270 Joined: Jun 2008 Member No: 656,520 |
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 |
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Jan 13 2010, 10:06 AM
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Live long and prosper. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 10,142 Joined: Apr 2007 Member No: 514,926 |
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. |
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Jan 13 2010, 12:36 PM
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the name's mario Group: Official Member Posts: 1,270 Joined: Jun 2008 Member No: 656,520 |
cool, & thanks
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