DELL and operating system CD

Al_Mac

Just been looking at the DELL website. The desktops I was looking at required an extra cost to get an operating system CD

Why is that?

What happens if I have a problem and need to re-load?

Not sure I like the thought of that:eek:

Browntoa

they have a ghost partition that re-installs the original set up....no good if the Hard disk dies though

I bought an Dell XP disc off ebay

MercilessKiller

Browntoa wrote:

I bought an Dell XP disc off ebay

I installed normal XP and downloaded the drivers from the dell website....

(Most wireless adapters in built to dell laptops are generic and work straight away)

albertross_2

I would say pay the extra fiver or whatever, one day you'll need it..

Other people on here have called up Dell afterwards and they have sent one for free, I don't know if that works every time though..

iashem

when you receive your Dell pc there is an option to burn the OS to cd from the programs folder

Seagull

iashem wrote:

when you receive your Dell pc there is an option to burn the OS to cd from the programs folder

Spot on ! You can only do this once though.

fox2319

iashem wrote:

when you receive your Dell pc there is an option to burn the OS to cd from the programs folder

I've heard this but been unable to find it on my 5150. Anybody know where the program is (either on the hard disk or start menu?)

Ta

Jeff

Browntoa

got the feeling it was on the earlier ones, then they took it off as it was too useful and they could charge you money for the disks