What CD's do you get?

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I just received my new E1505.  From past experience with Dell computers, I plan on reformatting, partitioning the harddrive, and reinstalling Windows to remove all the bloatware.  I paid the $10 to get the Windows OS CD, but I'm curious about all the other software on the machine - Sonic, Corel, WordPerfect, and the others.    In the past, I received several CDs so I could reinstall all the ancillary software.   Right now for the new machine, I've got nothing but the OS disk and the Dell Drivers and Utilities disk.  I don't believe I'm the only one who buys a new machine from Dell and starts with a reformat and clean install, so my question is:  What software were you able to get back from Dell?  The Corel Photo Software? MyDVD? Other?   I just got off the phone with Dell and they pretty much told me they would send me the DVD coder/decoder software and WordPerfect, but that was it.  If I wanted to keep any other software I would have to forego the clean Windows Install and use the system restore utility they provide.    This seems strange, but could be the way things are now. I obviously can't use their restore software if I'm going to reformat and partition before my clean install of windows so I may just loose the other software.  It may not be a big deal,  but I'd like to have the option of reinstalling the other software if I need it.   Any thoughts, comments?   Thanks,   Rob

Mcoffman · Answer

I received microsoft works suite 2006 and my DVD plus cd's.  I upgraded to both of them so that was probably why.

IT Dummy22 · Answer

did dellgive you a reason for not sending the discs?

rws6620 · Answer

No. They didn't give me a reason. They just said they would send the Sonic and Cyber DVDs out to me by overnight shipping. They are supposed to arrive today.

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