My new 5150 came with a trial version of MS office 2003 "Basic" version, I have deleted this but did not realise I would not be able to get it back again. I now want to start the trial and then upgrade, but I did not receive any discs with the PC. Microsoft do not supply the basic version on it's own, they only allow it to be bundled with a new PC. Dell said I should hit the restore function that will return the system back to how it was when I got the PC. (apparently there is a hidden partition on the hard drive).  I am really worried about doing this as I have just finished installing all the various features and programs and data etc that I had on my previous pc and I don't want to do it again. Can I get to this hidden partition and just re-install the office bit ?

Sorry it's a bit wordy.