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    No W8 recovery provided?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by rudge, Feb 9, 2013.

  1. rudge

    rudge Notebook Enthusiast

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    Looking to place an order for a Dell Inspiron 17R in the UK.

    However, I have become aware that Dell do not provide any separate recovery discs, which is a bit of a cheek since you have paid for a licence.

    I understand that they now load all recovery software onto the HD. Is it possible to get Dell to provide a separate W8 recovery disc?
     
    rudge, Feb 9, 2013
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  2. marcoshid

    marcoshid Notebook Enthusiast

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    What has worked for me in the past has been to call tech support after I got the computer and they've sent me the discs. Try and see if they'll do. It, otherwise I believe it costs like $15(20 something euro?) when you're ordering it .
    Sent from my Windows Phone 8X by HTC using Board Express
     
    marcoshid, Feb 11, 2013
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  3. bilalg86

    bilalg86 Newbie

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    Hi, I ordered a dell inspiron 15r SE last month and the windows got corrupted 2 weeks after getting it, i called customer services and they sent me the windows 8 disc free of cost.

    Hope this helps.
     
    bilalg86, Feb 28, 2013
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  4. yeuemmaimai

    yeuemmaimai Notebook Consultant

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    as long as machine is under warranty, Dell will send you a disk...
     
    yeuemmaimai, Mar 2, 2013
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  5. PatchySan

    PatchySan Om Noms Kit Kat

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    Dell has an application called the Backup and Recovery Manager which allows you to create your own set of Recovery Discs or Flash Drive (16GB recommended) which is pretty similar to what a lot of PC manufacturers are doing these days. I chose to do the Recovery procedure for the Inspiron 17R on an USB Flash Drive and had no problems.
     
    PatchySan, Mar 4, 2013
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  6. Peon

    Peon Notebook Virtuoso

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    I'm curious - why does Dell require a 16 GB flash drive when the Windows 8 ISO is only around 3.5 GB?
     
    Peon, Mar 7, 2013
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  7. tijo

    tijo Sacred Blame

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    It likely backups the restore partition, bloatware and all.
     
    tijo, Mar 7, 2013
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