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    People who have their 1520s already: Did it come with a restore disc or partition?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Kido1986, Jul 17, 2007.

  1. Kido1986

    Kido1986 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Did the laptop come with a restore DVD, a regular Vista DVD, or just a recovery partition? I asked the person on the phone that took my order and she said they only come with partitions because of Vista but I saw something in my order list that mentioned a Vista DVD. What did you guys receive?
     
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    I haven't got mines yet but I am guessing it come with a recovery parttion
     
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  3. Kido1986

    Kido1986 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I would assume so but they list a Vista DVD somewhere in my parts list.

    If its a recovery partition, would it work well to image the installed-Windows with True Image, then nuke both partition, form 1 big partition then restore the image? I need all of ~148GB (160GB after formatting, BS naming conventions from HD manus) that I can get. Losing 20GB for Dell's restore isnt good for me.
     
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    I had a restore partition and a vista dvd install and of course a few cd's with all the drivers and stuff
     
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    Awesome, an actual Vista DVD? So I can just nuke both partition and and reinstall a fresh copy w/o the Dell BS. Thanks for the help :)
     
    Kido1986, Jul 17, 2007
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