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    Using a dell OEM restore

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by hyelton, Aug 7, 2011.

  1. hyelton

    hyelton Notebook Consultant

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    So I was gonna restore my xps 17 well I was gonna use the Dell WIndows 7 Disk, Which Ive used in the past on others. Well anyways Would I see more of a differcne or is it better to use just a retail copy of windows 7?? or is the dell disk about the same speed wise and such?

    I know the dell disk and blan windows and such but does dell change any settings in it?
     
    hyelton, Aug 7, 2011
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    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    The Dell disc will preactivate Windows and I have seen the Dell disc find more drivers than a vanilla Windows 7 disc.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Aug 7, 2011
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    Might as well use the disc that came with the system unless your retail copy is a higher level of the OS. It is basically just like the retail version, though perhaps Dell slipstreamed a few extras in there as Tsunade implied. I haven't seen that, but I also haven't really been paying attention. Windows 7 picks pretty much everything up nicely on its own.
     
    madmattd, Aug 8, 2011
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