Comments on: How to get backup disks for Dell computers http://tips.vlaurie.com/2007/10/how-to-get-backup-disks-for-dell-computers/ News, commentary and tips for safer and easier computing Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:48:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Vic http://tips.vlaurie.com/2007/10/how-to-get-backup-disks-for-dell-computers/comment-page-1/#comment-4291 Vic Fri, 26 Oct 2007 22:36:39 +0000 http://tips.vlaurie.com/2007/how-to-get-backup-disks-for-dell-computers/#comment-4291 If Dell provides a real Windows installation disk, I salute them. Neither IBM/Lenovo nor HP have provided one with my last few purchases. HP will sell you a restore disk for $10 but not a real Windows installation disk. If Dell provides a real Windows installation disk, I salute them. Neither IBM/Lenovo nor HP have provided one with my last few purchases. HP will sell you a restore disk for $10 but not a real Windows installation disk.

]]> By: dean http://tips.vlaurie.com/2007/10/how-to-get-backup-disks-for-dell-computers/comment-page-1/#comment-4289 dean Fri, 26 Oct 2007 21:06:24 +0000 http://tips.vlaurie.com/2007/how-to-get-backup-disks-for-dell-computers/#comment-4289 It's strange how Dell keeps going round and round on this issue. Several years ago I helped a sibling purchase a Dell. I wanted to be sure that a genuine install CD was included, not just one of those restore CDs (basically a disk image) that used to be so common. Among the options was just what I was looking for - a genuine XP install CD for an additional $10. Fair enough. More recently, I helped a friend purchase a Dell system. I couldn't find any option like the one mentioned above, so I called Dell and they said it was included, although I couldn't find any mention of this anywhere on the site. When the system arrived, it was included as promised. To my knowledge, they have always included a separate CD with all the necessary drivers. It’s strange how Dell keeps going round and round on this issue. Several years ago I helped a sibling purchase a Dell. I wanted to be sure that a genuine install CD was included, not just one of those restore CDs (basically a disk image) that used to be so common. Among the options was just what I was looking for – a genuine XP install CD for an additional $10. Fair enough.

More recently, I helped a friend purchase a Dell system. I couldn’t find any option like the one mentioned above, so I called Dell and they said it was included, although I couldn’t find any mention of this anywhere on the site. When the system arrived, it was included as promised. To my knowledge, they have always included a separate CD with all the necessary drivers.

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