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    172S-FX - Are any disks included?

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by PC Rek, Jul 17, 2008.

  1. PC Rek

    PC Rek Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello Everyone:
    I don't recall receiving any disks with my laptop online purchase from GW. Is the Recovery Disk that I burned from the recovery center, the same as the Vista Installation disk that everyone refers to? I used it recently to factory restore my laptop. Now I'm just paranoid and checking to make sure GW didn't leave something out of the package they sent to me.
    Thanks,
    Derek
     
    PC Rek, Jul 17, 2008
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  2. Rainstater

    Rainstater Newbie

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    Mine came with a CD that had Windows Vista on it.

    I was suprised at how few programs it had on it. I asked for mine "clean" and the only program it came with was Nortons and of course the camera. It didnt even have AOL on it o.0
     
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  3. Dook

    Dook Notebook Virtuoso

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    There definitely should have been a Windows Vista Recovery CD in the box. You use this to restore the OS, then use the Software and Drivers disc to restore everything else. If you dont have one, Id be calling Gateway.
     
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