Is the included disc a full recovery DVD or just a drivers/utility CD: And if it is not a recovery DVD, do you have the ability to burn a recovery DVD once booted into Windows 7?
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It's just a drivers/utility DVD. The Windows 7 install DVD must be created via the recovery partiton (4 DVD's to burn!). And it will only restore the partition & Windows to their factory state (all other info on the drive will be destroyed.)
2145524
Hi, no, ours came with Windows XP installed and included a disc. Very good deal, decent refurb, still working.
340656
Depends what you mean by rescue disk. There is a 9.62 GB partition labeled "Recovery Partition". I haven't used it with this computer but with every other computer I've seen that partition is for restoring to factory defaults. Windows also has an option to create rescue disk. Not many computers ship with a Windows CD/DVD, anymore, which is too bad because doing a factory reset from the Recovery partition restores all of the unwanted software too.
389321
I don't have the same dvd drive that you have, but I do have two different drives removed from broken laptops ( 1 - HP, the other not sure who was the manufacturer. By plugging into USB port on my Acer laptop, I can boot to a bootable CD/DVD.
1775422
If you have a retail Windows 7 Install Disc, you can use it to reinstall Windows 7 from scratch. If you only have a manufacturer REinstall disc, it may be risky due to software/bloatware issues.
2157507
Yes, the one I got on January 9 came with pre-installed Windows 7 Professional 64 bit, and it contained Windows 8 system recovery disks, which I suppose you would later use to upgrade to Windows 8.
2155352
yes it does...I didn't install the software. I just let win7 find the hardware and it works fine. didn't need more stuff I won't use.you might need to install the disk if u want to get 24x burn speed ? but I use imgburn to burn and it works fine at 16x [verbatim dvd+R blanks]
1642835
no it just came with windows xp installed and a recovery disc , I have since updated to windows 7
2168891
I have not used it for that purpose, but it should. The whole point of the recovery disk is to return your Windows operating system to you. You may still have to repair problems after recovery, but you will have a fighting chance of avoiding a reinstallation of Windows and a subsequent loss of data. The recovery disk has saved me from disaster several times. Let us know how that works.
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In my opinion, Dell should include a recovery/ re-installation disc as part of the purchase... but, unfortunately, they don't. It's my understanding, however, that after you register your computer, you can contact Dell and request a recovery disc. I haven't done this... yet. It should be interesting to see if Dell charges anything for the re-install disc. In regards to shipping to Puerto Rico... I don't know; but, I can't imagine why there would be a problem with that.
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It doesn't, just the PC it self. No recovery or installation disc. Genuine windows installed.
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I don't know what a recovery disk is. All I can say is that I'm very happy with the product, have had no problems with it at all. It's better than I expected - very fast and far more powerful than what I could have afforded for a new tower. I'm totally happy with it.
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Does this Notebook include a restoration CD/DVD that can be placed into an external drive to reload from starting condition should the hard drive fial or software become corrupted???
181803
We were very happy with the purchase, but I Honestly wish I could help. The tech that did the install is no longer with my company so I am not sure if this came with a recovery disk. Good luck.
18245
Theres a cd dvd slot but no disc. Windows 8 is about stresming not really downloading I suggest going to watch utube video by hp on all the new computers running windows8
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Yes it is a full operating system disk, you may have to find a few drivers but most of the time it has them all. I bought this disk just for that purpose for a full reinstall to a damaged hard drive.
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i don't know much tech on computers i still dummy/ gone thru 4 comps tryin to learn i think now is the time to burn your recovery disc while it is operating and workin i tried recovery discs but could'nt get to work lack of knowledge or just did'nt do right you should be able to burn recovery discs on these may take a few discs dep[ending on how many files you have also you can use dvd-r would take less discs if you know how to use dvd program(i don't) i haven't any problems using these discs good luck take care sincerely steve