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January 17th, 2012 06:00
New HHD and no Windows OS reinstall disk
Hello,
MY Dell inspiron 1545, 14 months old send an error message indicating the Hard Drive was about to fail and that it neede to be relpaced, I did a System Restore to factory settings usign the F-8 key (succeful)and the message was still there when it booted up. I bought s a replacement HD through Dell and am wondering, I need to boot from the CD/DVD drive (when I insert the new HD)and I know how to do this. My question is the only disk I have that came with the lap top is a Dell Drivers and Utilities CD, shouldn't I have a a Windows OS CD? I was running Windows 7.
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Jim Coates
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January 17th, 2012 06:00
See this for some information.
support.dell.com/.../backupcd_form
Philip_Yip
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January 28th, 2012 13:00
See my two wikies, A Clean Install of Windows 7 and Microsoft Windows and Office Downloads which are found in my signature. You may use these retail .isos with phone activation as explained through the wiki.