Does Dell give you the full Vista OEM CD?

Seems to be some confusion as to whether Dell gives you the full OEM
CD, or just a "recovery CD" that contains an image of the Dell
installation.

Sometimes you want to add a component that didn't get installed, and
you need the CD. If Dell just sends you a Recovery CD, then that
won't help you.

Anyone know what Dell sends you if you get Vista?

void.no.spam.com@gmail.com wrote:
> Seems to be some confusion as to whether Dell gives you the full OEM
> CD, or just a "recovery CD" that contains an image of the Dell
> installation.
>
> Sometimes you want to add a component that didn't get installed, and
> you need the CD. If Dell just sends you a Recovery CD, then that
> won't help you.
>
> Anyone know what Dell sends you if you get Vista?
Dell always sends a full oem cd/dvd. There may be a recovery partition
on the hard drive.

No one here is confused. It is not a recovery DVD. It is a full install
DVD.

<void.no.spam.com@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:659ba717-77fc-445e-8d68-2cd2853ef13d@c58g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
> Seems to be some confusion as to whether Dell gives you the full OEM
> CD, or just a "recovery CD" that contains an image of the Dell
> installation.
>
> Sometimes you want to add a component that didn't get installed, and
> you need the CD. If Dell just sends you a Recovery CD, then that
> won't help you.
>
> Anyone know what Dell sends you if you get Vista?

"Pen" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> void.no.spam.com@gmail.com wrote:
> Dell always sends a full oem cd/dvd. There may be a recovery partition on
> the hard drive.

Although at one time they were charging $10 for the CD. Is this still their
practice?

Charles Summers wrote:
> "Pen" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:x-6dnQflz7Kef4XVnZ2dnUVZ_orinZ2d@comcast.com...
>> void.no.spam.com@gmail.com wrote:
>> Dell always sends a full oem cd/dvd. There may be a recovery partition on
>> the hard drive.
>
> Although at one time they were charging $10 for the CD. Is this still their
> practice?
>
>
No

void.no.spam.com@gmail.com wrote:
> Seems to be some confusion as to whether Dell gives you the full OEM
> CD, or just a "recovery CD" that contains an image of the Dell
> installation.
>
> Sometimes you want to add a component that didn't get installed, and
> you need the CD. If Dell just sends you a Recovery CD, then that
> won't help you.
>
> Anyone know what Dell sends you if you get Vista?

Confusion where? They send the full OEM CD.

--

Regards,
Hank Arnold
Microsoft MVP
Windows Server - Directory Services

Charles Summers wrote:
> "Pen" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:x-6dnQflz7Kef4XVnZ2dnUVZ_orinZ2d@comcast.com...
>> void.no.spam.com@gmail.com wrote:
>> Dell always sends a full oem cd/dvd. There may be a recovery partition on
>> the hard drive.
>
> Although at one time they were charging $10 for the CD. Is this still their
> practice?
>
>

They stopped that a long time ago.

--

Regards,
Hank Arnold
Microsoft MVP
Windows Server - Directory Services

On May 1, 6:52*am, "Hank Arnold (MVP)" <rasi...@aol.com> wrote:
> void.no.spam....@gmail.com wrote:
> > Seems to be some confusion as to whether Dell gives you the full OEM
> > CD, or just a "recovery CD" that contains an image of the Dell
> > installation.
>
> > Sometimes you want to add a component that didn't get installed, and
> > you need the CD. *If Dell just sends you a Recovery CD, then that
> > won't help you.
>
> > Anyone know what Dell sends you if you get Vista?
>
> Confusion where? They send the full OEM CD.

Thanks guys. No confusion here, but there was some on other boards on
the internet.