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News Flash! No More Windows Discs!
Attention All:
Dell was the last of the major OEMs to furnish a genuine Windows install disc (albeit an OEM version) as well as a Resource DVD. Not any more. "Dell no longer provides the operating system or resource disks in the box for Windows 7 Systems. It is important for you to create recovery disks in case of a hard drive failure. If you do not create the recovery disks, there may be a charge from Dell for the operating system recovery media." https://support.dell.com/support/top...942&l=en&s=dhs Now I'll admit that "Dell DataSafe Local Backup 2.0" is an impressive piece of work. But it's not a Windows disc. And for those of you who are concerned about how this will affect my recent order of a Studio XPS 8100...essentially, no one...I'm negotiating with Dell. I placed my order just 8 days after this article was first published. Daddy |
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News Flash! No More Windows Discs!
-----Original Message----- From: Daddy ] Posted At: Thursday, March 04, 2010 8:19 PM Posted To: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell Conversation: News Flash! No More Windows Discs! Subject: News Flash! No More Windows Discs! Attention All: Dell was the last of the major OEMs to furnish a genuine Windows install disc (albeit an OEM version) as well as a Resource DVD. Not any more. "Dell no longer provides the operating system or resource disks in the box for Windows 7 Systems. It is important for you to create recovery disks in case of a hard drive failure. If you do not create the recovery disks, there may be a charge from Dell for the operating system recovery media." https://support.dell.com/support/top...rt/dsn/documen t?c=us&cs=19&docid=62A668E1C399857AE040AE0AB8E1294 2&l=en&s=dhs Now I'll admit that "Dell DataSafe Local Backup 2.0" is an impressive piece of work. But it's not a Windows disc. And for those of you who are concerned about how this will affect my recent order of a Studio XPS 8100...essentially, no one...I'm negotiating with Dell. I placed my order just 8 days after this article was first published. Daddy I've purchased three Dell laptops in the last three months from Best Buy, including one about 10 days ago. All came with full Windows CDs. Not sure about the link or what machines they're talking about. |
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News Flash! No More Windows Discs!
On 3/4/2010 9:19 PM, Daddy wrote:
Attention All: Dell was the last of the major OEMs to furnish a genuine Windows install disc (albeit an OEM version) as well as a Resource DVD. Not any more. "Dell no longer provides the operating system or resource disks in the box for Windows 7 Systems. It is important for you to create recovery disks in case of a hard drive failure. If you do not create the recovery disks, there may be a charge from Dell for the operating system recovery media." https://support.dell.com/support/top...942&l=en&s=dhs Now I'll admit that "Dell DataSafe Local Backup 2.0" is an impressive piece of work. But it's not a Windows disc. And for those of you who are concerned about how this will affect my recent order of a Studio XPS 8100...essentially, no one...I'm negotiating with Dell. I placed my order just 8 days after this article was first published. Daddy We just received 4 latitudes and 7 Towers last month and each came with all the usual disks. I have a lot of copies of W7 32 bit & 64 bit now.... -- Regards, Hank Arnold Microsoft MVP Windows Server - Directory Services http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/personal-pc-assistant/ |
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News Flash! No More Windows Discs!
"Daddy" wrote in message ... Attention All: Dell was the last of the major OEMs to furnish a genuine Windows install disc (albeit an OEM version) as well as a Resource DVD. Not any more. "Dell no longer provides the operating system or resource disks in the box for Windows 7 Systems. It is important for you to create recovery disks in case of a hard drive failure. If you do not create the recovery disks, there may be a charge from Dell for the operating system recovery media." https://support.dell.com/support/top...942&l=en&s=dhs Now I'll admit that "Dell DataSafe Local Backup 2.0" is an impressive piece of work. But it's not a Windows disc. And for those of you who are concerned about how this will affect my recent order of a Studio XPS 8100...essentially, no one...I'm negotiating with Dell. I placed my order just 8 days after this article was first published. Daddy I have an order in production (from 2/28/10) for a Inspiron Zino HD with Windows 7 Premium. I let the group know what I get when I receive it. John |
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News Flash! No More Windows Discs!
Tom Scales wrote:
-----Original Message----- From: Daddy ] Posted At: Thursday, March 04, 2010 8:19 PM Posted To: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell Conversation: News Flash! No More Windows Discs! Subject: News Flash! No More Windows Discs! Attention All: Dell was the last of the major OEMs to furnish a genuine Windows install disc (albeit an OEM version) as well as a Resource DVD. Not any more. "Dell no longer provides the operating system or resource disks in the box for Windows 7 Systems. It is important for you to create recovery disks in case of a hard drive failure. If you do not create the recovery disks, there may be a charge from Dell for the operating system recovery media." https://support.dell.com/support/top...rt/dsn/documen t?c=us&cs=19&docid=62A668E1C399857AE040AE0AB8E1294 2&l=en&s=dhs Now I'll admit that "Dell DataSafe Local Backup 2.0" is an impressive piece of work. But it's not a Windows disc. And for those of you who are concerned about how this will affect my recent order of a Studio XPS 8100...essentially, no one...I'm negotiating with Dell. I placed my order just 8 days after this article was first published. Daddy I've purchased three Dell laptops in the last three months from Best Buy, including one about 10 days ago. All came with full Windows CDs. Not sure about the link or what machines they're talking about. Best Buy can make its own arrangements with Dell. You bought a computer from Best Buy? Daddy |
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News Flash! No More Windows Discs!
On 3/5/2010 9:43 AM, Daddy wrote:
Tom Scales wrote: -----Original Message----- From: Daddy ] Posted At: Thursday, March 04, 2010 8:19 PM Posted To: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell Conversation: News Flash! No More Windows Discs! Subject: News Flash! No More Windows Discs! Attention All: Dell was the last of the major OEMs to furnish a genuine Windows install disc (albeit an OEM version) as well as a Resource DVD. Not any more. "Dell no longer provides the operating system or resource disks in the box for Windows 7 Systems. It is important for you to create recovery disks in case of a hard drive failure. If you do not create the recovery disks, there may be a charge from Dell for the operating system recovery media." https://support.dell.com/support/top...rt/dsn/documen t?c=us&cs=19&docid=62A668E1C399857AE040AE0AB8E1294 2&l=en&s=dhs Now I'll admit that "Dell DataSafe Local Backup 2.0" is an impressive piece of work. But it's not a Windows disc. And for those of you who are concerned about how this will affect my recent order of a Studio XPS 8100...essentially, no one...I'm negotiating with Dell. I placed my order just 8 days after this article was first published. Daddy I've purchased three Dell laptops in the last three months from Best Buy, including one about 10 days ago. All came with full Windows CDs. Not sure about the link or what machines they're talking about. Best Buy can make its own arrangements with Dell. You bought a computer from Best Buy? Daddy What's wrong with buying computer gear from Best Buy, Staples, or even WalMart? If you get exactly what you want and the price is right, you buy it. For a while, I was buying Linksys WRT54G routers at Walmart for less than I would pay my distributor for one, and for less than anywhere else. Well over a year ago when prices were still pretty high, I bought a pair of 8GB Cruzer flash sticks for $25 apiece at Staples. Long ago, we entered the commodity age of computing for the most common items. Make sure you read the warranties first, both mfr and store... Ben Myers |
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News Flash! No More Windows Discs!
"Tom Scales" wrote in message
news:8227A99288C24A4D97A536E665702298@XPS13... -----Original Message----- From: Daddy ] Posted At: Thursday, March 04, 2010 8:19 PM Posted To: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell Conversation: News Flash! No More Windows Discs! Subject: News Flash! No More Windows Discs! Attention All: Dell was the last of the major OEMs to furnish a genuine Windows install disc (albeit an OEM version) as well as a Resource DVD. Not any more. "Dell no longer provides the operating system or resource disks in the box for Windows 7 Systems. It is important for you to create recovery disks in case of a hard drive failure. If you do not create the recovery disks, there may be a charge from Dell for the operating system recovery media." https://support.dell.com/support/top...rt/dsn/documen t?c=us&cs=19&docid=62A668E1C399857AE040AE0AB8E1294 2&l=en&s=dhs Now I'll admit that "Dell DataSafe Local Backup 2.0" is an impressive piece of work. But it's not a Windows disc. And for those of you who are concerned about how this will affect my recent order of a Studio XPS 8100...essentially, no one...I'm negotiating with Dell. I placed my order just 8 days after this article was first published. Daddy I've purchased three Dell laptops in the last three months from Best Buy, including one about 10 days ago. All came with full Windows CDs. Not sure about the link or what machines they're talking about. I bought 2 Dell laptops in the last few months from Walmart and neither included a Windows media. |
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News Flash! No More Windows Discs!
On Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:19:08 -0500, in alt.sys.pc-clone.dell, Daddy wrote: Dell was the last of the major OEMs to furnish a genuine Windows install disc (albeit an OEM version) as well as a Resource DVD. Not any more. "Dell no longer provides the operating system or resource disks in the box for Windows 7 Systems. It is important for you to create recovery disks in case of a hard drive failure. If you do not create the recovery disks, there may be a charge from Dell for the operating system recovery media." I ordered my XPS 9000 about a month ago, and received it a couple of days ago. It came with a Dell Win7 reinstallation DVD. I was surprised that it didn't come with the usual discs with drivers, utilities, etc.: just the Win7 disc. What really annoyed me, though, is that the manual doesn't include the usual instructions for opening the computer case, adding and removing components, etc. Apparently you have to get that information from Dell's web site. Which means that if you only own one computer, you might want to print out the relevant part of the online manual before opening it up to do stuff inside... -- Nick May you live in interesting times... |
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News Flash! No More Windows Discs!
Hi!
You bought a computer from Best Buy? Ben said it very well. If you know exactly what you want (and maybe if they've got a good deal going), and what you're getting, there's no problem buying from there. And that includes computers. Just ignore the 'Geek Squad', extended warranties (unless there is an absolutely screaming good deal on one) and anything else, get what you want and get out. Best Buy and related stores do very well when you need something *now* as well. William |
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News Flash! No More Windows Discs!
Hi!
Dell doesn't qualify whether that is true for only home store purchases, business ones or even both. They do mention that media is available, with a potential cost. Going through the small business store (which I still advise) still seems to imply (especially with regard to downgrade options) that you will receive operating system installation media. As much as I despise any so-called recovery setups, I'd gladly phone them up and pay the extra cost. (What could it be, more than a few bucks?) William |
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