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Vostro 3550 Operating System and Recovery Disks
I was hoping to hear from someone who has purchased a Vostro 3550.
The last time I purchased a computer (12 years ago!) Dell included an operating system disk for Windows 98se and a Dell Dimension Resource CD. I used both of these several times to do clean installs of Windows 98se. Subsequently I purchased an upgrade version of Windows XP and used it several times to do clean installs of Windows XP. Those were straight forward procedures.
Now in the twenty-first century computer manufactures seem to have a variety of policies regarding what tools they provide for reinstalling the operating system should the hard drive fail, become hopelessly infected with malware, or overburdened with bloatware. Some seem to include recovery disks, some seem to include software that allows the consumer to create recovery disks, some seem to offer recovery disks for an extra charge, and some seem to offer nothing, directing the consumer to the Windows 7 backup tools. Unfortunately, I have not detected any company that offers operating system disks.
What sort of operating and recovery disks and software does Dell ship with the Vostro 3550?
Thanks.
speedstep
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July 7th, 2011 11:00
Dell doesn't ship disks. They have the MYDELL downloads and they will send you recovery media if you request it within the life of the OS. Asking for discs for WIN95,WIN98, WINME, WIN2000 will not be sent because these OS are end of life end of support.
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July 7th, 2011 12:00
SpeedStep
1. Does Dell charge for the recovery media that they will send upon request?
2. Does the recovery media give the consumer the option to install just the operating system and other necessary software or does the recovery media simply restore the computer to its original configuration including whatever bloatware was originally installed?
3. Where can I find MYDELL?
4. How does MYDELL help reinstall or recovery a computer's operating system?
Thanks.