From: Daddy on
Attention All:

Dell was the last of the major OEMs to furnish a genuine Windows install
disc (albeit an OEM version) as well as a Resource DVD.

Not any more.

"Dell no longer provides the operating system or resource disks in the
box for Windows 7 Systems. It is important for you to create recovery
disks in case of a hard drive failure. If you do not create the recovery
disks, there may be a charge from Dell for the operating system recovery
media."

https://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/dsn/document?c=us&cs=19&docid=62A668E1C399857AE040AE0AB8E12942&l=en&s=dhs

Now I'll admit that "Dell DataSafe Local Backup 2.0" is an impressive
piece of work. But it's not a Windows disc.

And for those of you who are concerned about how this will affect my
recent order of a Studio XPS 8100...essentially, no one...I'm
negotiating with Dell. I placed my order just 8 days after this article
was first published.

Daddy
From: Tom Scales on


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daddy [mailto:daddy(a)invalid.invalid]
> Posted At: Thursday, March 04, 2010 8:19 PM
> Posted To: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
> Conversation: News Flash! No More Windows Discs!
> Subject: News Flash! No More Windows Discs!
>
> Attention All:
>
> Dell was the last of the major OEMs to furnish a genuine Windows
> install
> disc (albeit an OEM version) as well as a Resource DVD.
>
> Not any more.
>
> "Dell no longer provides the operating system or resource disks in the
> box for Windows 7 Systems. It is important for you to create recovery
> disks in case of a hard drive failure. If you do not create the
> recovery
> disks, there may be a charge from Dell for the operating system
> recovery
> media."
>
>
https://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/dsn/documen
> t?c=us&cs=19&docid=62A668E1C399857AE040AE0AB8E12942&l=en&s=dhs
>
> Now I'll admit that "Dell DataSafe Local Backup 2.0" is an impressive
> piece of work. But it's not a Windows disc.
>
> And for those of you who are concerned about how this will affect my
> recent order of a Studio XPS 8100...essentially, no one...I'm
> negotiating with Dell. I placed my order just 8 days after this
article
> was first published.
>
> Daddy


I've purchased three Dell laptops in the last three months from Best
Buy, including one about 10 days ago.

All came with full Windows CDs. Not sure about the link or what
machines they're talking about.

From: Hank Arnold on
On 3/4/2010 9:19 PM, Daddy wrote:
> Attention All:
>
> Dell was the last of the major OEMs to furnish a genuine Windows install
> disc (albeit an OEM version) as well as a Resource DVD.
>
> Not any more.
>
> "Dell no longer provides the operating system or resource disks in the
> box for Windows 7 Systems. It is important for you to create recovery
> disks in case of a hard drive failure. If you do not create the recovery
> disks, there may be a charge from Dell for the operating system recovery
> media."
>
> https://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/dsn/document?c=us&cs=19&docid=62A668E1C399857AE040AE0AB8E12942&l=en&s=dhs
>
>
> Now I'll admit that "Dell DataSafe Local Backup 2.0" is an impressive
> piece of work. But it's not a Windows disc.
>
> And for those of you who are concerned about how this will affect my
> recent order of a Studio XPS 8100...essentially, no one...I'm
> negotiating with Dell. I placed my order just 8 days after this article
> was first published.
>
> Daddy

We just received 4 latitudes and 7 Towers last month and each came with
all the usual disks. I have a lot of copies of W7 32 bit & 64 bit now....

--

Regards,
Hank Arnold
Microsoft MVP
Windows Server - Directory Services
http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/personal-pc-assistant/
From: John Novicki on

"Daddy" <daddy(a)invalid.invalid> wrote in message
news:hmppmt$oce$1(a)news.eternal-september.org...
> Attention All:
>
> Dell was the last of the major OEMs to furnish a genuine Windows install
> disc (albeit an OEM version) as well as a Resource DVD.
>
> Not any more.
>
> "Dell no longer provides the operating system or resource disks in the box
> for Windows 7 Systems. It is important for you to create recovery disks in
> case of a hard drive failure. If you do not create the recovery disks,
> there may be a charge from Dell for the operating system recovery media."
>
> https://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/dsn/document?c=us&cs=19&docid=62A668E1C399857AE040AE0AB8E12942&l=en&s=dhs
>
> Now I'll admit that "Dell DataSafe Local Backup 2.0" is an impressive
> piece of work. But it's not a Windows disc.
>
> And for those of you who are concerned about how this will affect my
> recent order of a Studio XPS 8100...essentially, no one...I'm negotiating
> with Dell. I placed my order just 8 days after this article was first
> published.
>
> Daddy

I have an order in production (from 2/28/10) for a Inspiron Zino HD with
Windows 7 Premium. I let the group know what I get when I receive it.

John

From: Daddy on
Tom Scales wrote:
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Daddy [mailto:daddy(a)invalid.invalid]
>> Posted At: Thursday, March 04, 2010 8:19 PM
>> Posted To: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
>> Conversation: News Flash! No More Windows Discs!
>> Subject: News Flash! No More Windows Discs!
>>
>> Attention All:
>>
>> Dell was the last of the major OEMs to furnish a genuine Windows
>> install
>> disc (albeit an OEM version) as well as a Resource DVD.
>>
>> Not any more.
>>
>> "Dell no longer provides the operating system or resource disks in the
>> box for Windows 7 Systems. It is important for you to create recovery
>> disks in case of a hard drive failure. If you do not create the
>> recovery
>> disks, there may be a charge from Dell for the operating system
>> recovery
>> media."
>>
>>
> https://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/dsn/documen
>> t?c=us&cs=19&docid=62A668E1C399857AE040AE0AB8E12942&l=en&s=dhs
>>
>> Now I'll admit that "Dell DataSafe Local Backup 2.0" is an impressive
>> piece of work. But it's not a Windows disc.
>>
>> And for those of you who are concerned about how this will affect my
>> recent order of a Studio XPS 8100...essentially, no one...I'm
>> negotiating with Dell. I placed my order just 8 days after this
> article
>> was first published.
>>
>> Daddy
>
>
> I've purchased three Dell laptops in the last three months from Best
> Buy, including one about 10 days ago.
>
> All came with full Windows CDs. Not sure about the link or what
> machines they're talking about.
>

Best Buy can make its own arrangements with Dell.

You bought a computer from Best Buy?

Daddy
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