Reformated hard drive and lost all microsoft programs.

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I was wondering if there was a disk that came with the dell computers that had these programs put back on the computer? I thought that I had them all, but seeing as how I don't have those programs, I ordered a backup copy of the disks.  Any idea which disk this information is on? They came installed on this computer and i sure as heck don't want to have to buy all of them!

fireberd · Answer

Many new systems were shipped with a Trial Version of MS Office and it had a limited time of use (I think 60 or 90 days).  If that is what you lost there is no way to recover that.  You will have to purchase whatever version of MS Office that you want.  The current version, 'Home and Student Edition' is the least expensive.   If this was a full version of Office that you paid extra for (it will be noted on your invoice) then you can contact Dell for the CD.

ky331 · Answer

As an alternative, there's a legitimate and completely  free OFFICE 'clone', called OPEN OFFICE, available for download from SUN Microsystems.     The latest version, 2.2.1, offers bug/security fixes, and 'enhanced Vista integration'.     See here: http://www.openoffice.org/

jmwills · Answer

If you check any Wal-mart, you will probably see they offer the Academic Veriosn of Office for around $125, if not cheaper.  I know that the military Post Exchanges sell them for $50.

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