Packard Bell Recovery Disc

gremlin666_2

I've just bought a new laptop and it says i need to burn a recovery dvd. Does anyone know how long the process will take and do i really need to burn one? Any help would be greatfull.

wakandem

I would. The amount of packards's I have had to deal with where the operating system is lost from damaged HDD or such like and legally the only thing to do is buy a new copy of windows.

home_alone

gremlin666 wrote: »

I've just bought a new laptop and it says i need to burn a recovery dvd. Does anyone know how long the process will take and do i really need to burn one? Any help would be greatfull.

Mine took about 10 mins, yes you need to, PB no longer supply the recovery set of discs, its up to you to do it simple to do.

gary

smudger1964

Yes do it as soon as possible if its anything like my last Packard Bell youll be needing them often.

gremlin666_2

Thanks for the advice. Am i the only one who has never had problems with Packard Bell Stuff?

philnicandamy

nope...i've a packard bell Imedia system...it's crashed god knows how many times since I bought in July 2006, I would reccomend the recovery disk as others have said you'll need it!
In the end I opted for a external hard disk as well as my pc to back things up on regularly and bought my own copy of windows as it made life so much easier than using packard bell system disks...don't get me wrong the systems are ok just really awkward & crash often

Nick_A_2

Hi, I have got a PB Imedia and have replaced the HD. I did not have a recovery disk when I bought the PC and was unaware that I had to burn off a recovery disk. Now I have a blank HD with no O/S and stuck

I have the licence key sticker on the machine and have been told to find a pre-SP1 edition of XP - is this the only way apart from buying a new copy of XP?

Many Thanks,

Nick.

nullogik

Quite why Packard Bell NEC can't provide a pre-burned backup CD baffles me. Surely it wouldn't cost that much more to provide a CD with every computer - perhaps an extra 50p?

chunter

wakandem wrote: »

I would. The amount of packards's I have had to deal with where the operating system is lost from damaged HDD or such like and legally the only thing to do is buy a new copy of windows.

Hmmm..
There's an XP OEM COA on it and it's still valid.

I've had to buy a copy of an OEM's startup/xp disc that accepts the product key on the label. Nothing illegal in that. Using the legitmate product key. Just using a different installation disc.

I've never had to install a brand new copy of Windows XP with a new COA.

and by gum, I've reformatted a few computers...


Anyway, yeh burn the disc.
It can be a nightmare (and expensive) if somthing happens and you have to take it to someone to get the notebook reformatted.

Nick_A_2

chunter wrote: »

Hmmm..
There's an XP OEM COA on it and it's still valid.

I've had to buy a copy of an OEM's startup/xp disc that accepts the product key on the label. Nothing illegal in that. Using the legitmate product key. Just using a different installation disc.

I've never had to install a brand new copy of Windows XP with a new COA.

and by gum, I've reformatted a few computers...


Anyway, yeh burn the disc.
It can be a nightmare (and expensive) if somthing happens and you have to take it to someone to get the notebook reformatted.

Chunter, where did you purchase your startup disk from?

Nick.

everythingblogcast

People, you dont need to buy a new lience, there is a COA that have the product key for Windows use that and get the lend of someones XP installation disc either Home, Pro, MCE or Tablet. You can use that rather then buying a new lience.