I download all of my "recovery disks" from <a href="http://fedoraproject.com">fedoraproject.com</a> :-) <br><br>The longest a purchased machine has kept any windows disk in my control has been about 3 hours. <br>
<br>Oops. That's not accurate. There is a single machine I have running XP pro. It was built by me and a OEM licensed XP purchased separately. It has been up and running behind my Linux network and firewall for 6 years now. My son downloads every free game he can find on <a href="http://iambored.com">iambored.com</a> and it's still holding up well. I do have clamav running daily as well as spybot S&D and Adaware.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">2008/11/26 Pat Regan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:thehead@patshead.com">thehead@patshead.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">Geoffrey wrote:<br>
> I don't know if this is a purchase option or if it's dependent on the<br>
> type of system, but my recent encounters with 4 Dell desktops and 2 Dell<br>
> laptops, none came with a recovery disk. You were required to create it<br>
> from the installed software.<br>
><br>
<br>
</div>I don't know what the norm is, but... I've bought 4 Dell Inspiron<br>
laptops for home use over the last few years. Two 1501s for each of my<br>
parents, these are just about the lowest end laptop they have. I think<br>
one of them was $450 the other was $350, similar specs (the $350 was<br>
newer and more well equipped). I also bought two Inspiron 6400s. All<br>
of them came with an XP recovery CD and a mediadirect reinstall cd.<br>
<br>
I just had the hard drive replaced in my own 6400 twice this last month<br>
(replacement was DOA). Each time I told the gentleman in the chat that<br>
I didn't need the recovery CD. He sent me one each time. I don't know<br>
if it makes any difference, but I have 3 year on site service on this<br>
laptop.<br>
<br>
I couldn't tell you if these are OEM install discs or some sort of image<br>
or something. They've all immediately landed in the trash can :).<br>
<br>
If someone needs these I can start saving them :).<br>
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