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    Just what is/What is on the Dell Vista Disc?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by cbeley, Sep 3, 2007.

  1. cbeley

    cbeley Notebook Enthusiast

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    I ordered my Vostro 1400 (it hasn't been shipped out yet though :( ) and from what I have heard it does not come with any Vista disc, recovery disc, or any type of disc. However, I also found out that making a quick call to Dell and requesting the disc is not a problem with Dell.

    First Question:     If I called them up now saying that I ordered my Vostro (and gave them my customer number and what not) and requested a disc before I actually received the laptop, would they have a problem with that? I'd like to have the disc when I get the laptop.

    Second Question: Just what is the Dell Vista Recovery disc? Is it like a normal Vista disc, but with some Dell logos, extra bundled stuff, and some customer numbers? Or, is it a recovery disc that wipes your whole drive, partitions and everything, then installs the recovery partition along with the OS?

    I plan on dual booting Vista and Gentoo Linux (possibly triple booting XP, Vista, and Linux...though, linux will be my primary OS) and thus I would be wiping the drive and partitioning it to my liking then reinstalling Vista (without the recovery partition).
     
    cbeley, Sep 3, 2007
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  2. TuxDude

    TuxDude Notebook Deity

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    Hmm actualy the Vista Reinstall Disc is nothing but an OEM Vista Disc with a DELL Branding on the disc cover and nothing else.... You can do a fresh install of Vista without any bloatware stuff.... You can of course delete the recovery partition which is not needed for doing a fresh install....

    And no DELL would not send you the disc until you get your laptop..... But mostly the disc will come along with your laptop dont worry ;)
     
    TuxDude, Sep 3, 2007
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