You have the right to get your Win CD !

Today DELL send me my paid legaly Windows 7 64bit proffesional disc.

After been talking to the support (about 2,5 min) and explained that i was bored to burn out 3 DVD discs just to able to a proper windows install. DELL said.... No problemo. We send you right away.

Again DELL support shows why they are the best support in the world.

But really.... It should be like they did in the past (a free win cd when you get your laptop). You have paid big money for your windows license, then it cant be that much to get a simple CD.

 

You can also just download and burn an ISO...

Windows 7 ISO x86 and x64 Official Direct Download Links (Ultimate, Professional and Home Premium) « My Digital Life

 

Wait a sec. Digital River sounds familiar. Aren't these the "Upgrade" versions of Windows 7 vs. "Full" versions of Windows 7? I remember buying the Windows 7 upgrade version for my older laptop via Digital River.

Have you personally downloaded the Windows 7 Home Premium ISO on this page and successfully installed Windows with it?

 

my friend tried download win 7 ultimate via this webpage.......it didnt work at all.

 

Dell, HP and Lenovo send Windows 7 discs/recovery media once for free under warranty in case your recovery partition did not work or your drive/motherboard failed.

 

To make a backup copy of Windows 7 partition you needed 3 DVD discs? I am confused how you install Windows with 3 DVD discs. Also if it wasn't that hard to ask Dell to get the Windows 7 recovery disc, then I think I will do that.

 

yep you need 3st 4.7GB DVD discs (DELL datasafe backup)....................forget that i told DELL ..................fine they said and send me a win7 64bit Professional.

 

How the heck do you install Windows using 3 DVDs? Are the DVD's labelled disc 1, disc 2 and disc 3? Do you install it through the normal way of setting your DVD drive as first bootup device in the BIOS and then "press any key" to begin or do you have to go to some Advanced options to this?

I just can't picture installing Windows using 3 DVDs. I guess it must have been in some way where it prompts you to insert Disc 2 maybe? Any advice?

 

The recovery partition/disc is not "Windows", it is essentially a factory image of the harddisk. Windows + drivers +bloatware +more.... They don't use windows UI, usually come with the manufacturer UI.

 

when my girlfriend bought a acer, we (also) burned out 3 DVDs with Vista on it.

call DELL instead and say you have issues (or something) and they send you a clean windows 7 64bit CD.....the best (at least here in Sweden) is they dont have home edition on CD.............i had to choose on either Professional or Ultimate. (i choose Professional)

you have paid about $80 for your windows license when you buy a DELL laptop by the way....you have earn your CD i guess

 

There was a thread or post on NBR and even wikipedia for getting a refund for windows

 

This means that you got a free upgrade to professional?

Which support did you call? The general or technical?

 

In response to earlier posts:

The versions on DR are full ISOs, not upgrade.

I've personally used ISOs from there to install Home Premium x64 twice, and Ultimate x64 once, all without issue.

 

Most manufacturers except Asus have sent me disks for free.

 

well....it used to be so.........not any more.

@toruko.................tech support of course

 

Any tips on how to burn the ISO's? I was planning on using Imgburn. Are there any special settings you need to do to make sure its a bootable DVD?

 

no...i use imgburn myself..

 

Nope, just download and burn as normal. I use ImgBurn as well.

 

Cool thanks guys.

 

30€ for a dvd burned with a win7 iso is quite a ripoff... .
for 38€ you can get win 7 home premium (ml) with a license and the funny part, it is from dell!

 

once again.......call DELL and they will send you a original windows CD for free if you complain a bit. (i think its justified to complain here......easily)

 

In the netherlands you can just choose to make them deliver an extra Windows 7 CD when you are configuring. For no extra costs.

 

I just bought an inspiron 7720, and I could choose to get an win 7 CD included - for free. Which I did of course.

 

They sent me the Win 7 Pro CD with the machine. They did not, however, include the applications disk. Does the Dell utility work with a DB-Rom disk? (ie, can you burn the image to 1 BD-Rom disk)

 

I burned the recovery image to 1 BD-RE disc, looks like it didn't use more than 2/3 of the disc

 

i got a clean win7 disc from dell.........when i was trying to burn out recovery from pc....the program told me 3 dvds was necessary

 

Yep, that's one of the first things I did. Dell shipped the disks on the same day and the arrived very quickly.

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I think I am going to request Dell to send me the Windows disks tomorrow. I think it is BS why they are not sending out the Windows disk media anymore.

 

There should be an online form, one of my friend filled the form (one year after warranty) and dell mailed the disks, no questions asked.

as per the form you are eligible for one copy for free per machine.

 

Talked to a Dell rep yesterday on the phone and told him that it didn't come in the box and he said he would send me the Windows discs free of charge with next business day shipping. I am going to be getting my disks today.

 

I got the rep to include the disk with my order. (Another rep told me he couldn't.) This is what is on my quote - OS Media MUI Windows® 7 SP1 Home Premium (64 BIT). I feel that this is a recovery disc rather than a standard windows 7 dvd. Does anybody know can I do a fully clean install with this? It won't reinstall all the bloat?

 

I think I may have found one that was with my dads dell studio computer. If this is the correct CD I can use it with other Dell computers or laptops correct?

 

Yeah that should be OK I think. As long as Home Premium is what your laptop came with, just enter the serial number on the base of your laptop and it should work

 

Yes sir! Home premium 64 bit is what my laptop has and I do believe the inspiron 17r SE has that version also correct?

 

Yeah, it should say it on the sticker on the bottom anyway

 

Awesome! Thank you sir.