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No Windows XP MCE CD?

post #1 of 12
12/3/05 at 8:32pm
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i just received my lappy but didnt receive a cd for winmce
am i supposed to get one? and if not, how would i go about installing a fresh copy of mce without all the junk i currently have on?
thx
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post #2 of 12
12/3/05 at 8:45pm
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Originally Posted by entity
i just received my lappy but didnt receive a cd for winmce
am i supposed to get one? and if not, how would i go about installing a fresh copy of mce without all the junk i currently have on?
thx
you gotta ask dell for the windows cd and the drivers cd's.
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post #3 of 12
12/3/05 at 9:14pm
You're supposed to get your MCE "recovery" disk from Symantec, which isn't an actually install disk. Additionally, you're supposed to get the driver(s) disk. I don't know why your computer didn't come with it, but you can either download all of your drivers online or call dell and tell them you didn't get a driver CDs.

You have to pay $10 extra if you would like to have a MCE backup disk - which is worth it. Although I know someone has posted a way to get around the $10 fee, but I'd rather just pay it and be honest.
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post #4 of 12
12/3/05 at 9:19pm
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Originally Posted by TheTechMen

Although I know someone has posted a way to get around the $10 fee, but I'd rather just pay it and be honest.
"Honest"? You mean sucker, don't you? If you forked over a tenner, then you paid Dell for your OEM disc twice.
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post #5 of 12
12/3/05 at 9:52pm
My laptop came with ZERO disks, ZERO manuals. In fact it came with just laptop, brick,...... actually, that's it, laptop and brick. Just emailed them a couple hours ago saying I need the disks because my restore partion was 'corrupted'. It was a "mad" email so let's see if I get it for free or what not. You could also probably say you upgraded to a larger hard drive that you paid $300+ through dell and there was no "hidden partition" that came with it and you don't think you should have to pay another insulting $10 for some CD's to make your computer back to its original and or OEM configuration.
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post #6 of 12
12/4/05 at 1:27pm
cool another one of these if youd search you wouldnt need to post threads
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post #7 of 12
12/4/05 at 2:20pm
I received all the cds with mine. My xp mce disk was the full version oem OS cd. Not a restore type of cd. And, no, it was not provided by Symantec . Why would an antivirus company provide an xp cd?
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post #8 of 12
12/4/05 at 2:45pm
boo yah...
i just called them up...
the tech guy was cracking up when I told him Dell doesn't send the xp cd...
He sent it to me free and everything...

You just have to talk to the right people on dell support
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post #9 of 12
12/4/05 at 3:09pm
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Originally Posted by Jericho

And, no, it was not provided by Symantec . Why would an antivirus company provide an xp cd?
Symantec makes Norton Ghost, a well known imaging (system backup/restore) program.

Many PC makers include Ghost system restore discs with their new PCs in lieu on actual OS install disc.
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post #10 of 12
12/5/05 at 12:28am
I'm sure when you buy a computer you are also purchasing a genuine copy of Windows. The least Dell should do is provide you a copy of the geniune Windows CD in case of problems with your computer that require you to reformat, etc. You already purchased your copy of Windows with the computer.
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post #11 of 12
12/5/05 at 2:27am
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Originally Posted by boo boo
cool another one of these if youd search you wouldnt need to post threads
and ohh again! OS CDs, RAM/memory, screen wuxga vs wxga and backpack threads.... Anyway we can filter out which we wanna see??
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post #12 of 12
12/5/05 at 2:41am
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Originally Posted by Adrenolin
and ohh again! OS CDs, RAM/memory, screen wuxga vs wxga and backpack threads.... Anyway we can filter out which we wanna see??
I think something is wrong with the search cause everybody has been saying there is something wrong with it, like its blank or something.
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