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    Quick Question about Dell's XP Pro CD

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by MoZirry, Apr 11, 2005.

  1. MoZirry

    MoZirry Notebook Consultant

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    Is the xp professional CD that is shipped with the laptops the FULL cd or just a recovery cd?

    Just curious, because from my experience in retail some compaqs and HP's would sell without the Full OEM copy of windows xp home!
     
    MoZirry, Apr 11, 2005
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  2. WiG

    WiG Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yes, it's full CD. If you use it, you will have to reinstall drivers/apps manually.

    Forgot to mention that it's for Dell Latitude notebooks which we use as standard in our office. Can't be sure about Inspiron series.
     
    WiG, Apr 12, 2005
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    denver-bronco Notebook Enthusiast

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    This is the first message typed on my new I9300. I got it today and there isn't an XP disk in the box. I've seen several posts that indicated that you need to call and request the disk and that seems to be the case for me too.

    ** Dell Inspiron 9300, Intel Pentium M 740 (1.73 GHz), 17" UltraSharp WUXGA w/TrueLife, 1GB RAM, NVIDA GeForce Go 6800, 60 GB @7200 HD, 8x DVD+/-RW double-layer burner, XP Professional, Intel PRO Wireless 2915 (802.11 a/b/g), Extra 9-cell battery **
     
    denver-bronco, Apr 12, 2005
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