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    WinXP CD from HP?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Whistler, Jun 24, 2006.

  1. Whistler

    Whistler Notebook Guru

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    My dv1635 came with WinXP pre loaded, but no CD. Somebody told me that most laptop makers will send you a free CD if you call them and ask for it. He was talking about Dell, but does HP do that too?

    I would rather have that than all the backup stuff.
     
    Whistler, Jun 24, 2006
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  2. Tim

    Tim Notebook Virtuoso

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    Yeah call them and ask for the WinXP CD and the Driver CD. They should send you these free of charge. However they might want to bill you $10. But if you complain enough you might get them free. :p
    Tim
     
    Tim, Jun 24, 2006
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  3. vassil_98

    vassil_98 Notebook Deity

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    You have a recovery partition so that you can burn your own recovery disks. Only once, though.
     
    vassil_98, Jun 24, 2006
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  4. tawilson

    tawilson Newbie

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    They sent me the drivers and Window's cd for free after a couple of online chats.
     
    tawilson, Jun 25, 2006
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