Dell Computer Recovery Disks Acquisition

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Sooo … out of the blue, my oldest niece surprised me yesterday by giving me a Dell GX270 Computer and an NEC MultiSync LCD 1860NX Monitor. She got both of them at an auction at the bank where she works for $10.00. :o So yeah, they’re used, but of course NEWER than the equipment I have now.

Well, of course, I was able to quickly hook up the NEC LCD Monitor and that’s working great. YES!
The computer, which has 1 Gig of RAM vs. my current HP Pavilion’s 256 Meg or RAM ;D … and a 40 Gig Hard Drive vs. my HP Pavilion’s 10 Gig … will have to wait a bit before I can fire it up.

The computer’s Hard Drive was of course Wiped Out. Grrrrr! DOH!
I was informed that I have to call Dell to acquire the Recovery CD.
Anyone have the Phone Number and / or E-mail Address of where exactly I’m supposed to contact Dell for this Recovery CD purpose?
How much does this cost?

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Not sure but you could start here i suppose http://support.dell.com/

Direct number for Dell US solution centre Call: 1-866-930-3355

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Hello Chim,
This should lead you to the right place:
http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/dellcare/en/backupcd_form?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&redirect=1
Good Luck :slight_smile:

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Heck, even if you don’t get recovery disks it will still make a good candidate for a Linux distro. :slight_smile:

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Thanks, Craig … Bob!
I’ll look into this and hopefully sometime in the near future I can play with MORE POWER!

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RNfromTN … if I only had a dollar for every time that a couple of friends over at the MyOpera Community have tried to get me to switch to Linux. ;D

I don’t want to go through THAT much hassle.
I want to be able to use ALL the Apps that I use now.
I don’t want to have to be looking for Linux equivalents.
I don’t want to have to be using Wine or whatever for TRYING to install Windows Apps, which then end up with questionable functionality.

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Your welcome hope you get the discs soon.

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For US customers only :stuck_out_tongue:

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Well, that’s where Chim lives. :slight_smile:

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I know… Just complaining of Dell… By the way, a new Dell will arrive to me next days…

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I took a look at the Dell Support section in their website as per the link.
I saw the 1st page of the form one has to fill out.

Sooo, to reiterate … anyone know how much the Backup Disks cost?
Are we talking $10.00 … $20.00 … $50.00 … or more?

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I imagine that if you follow their procedure, somewhere along the process
it will let you know how much. ;D

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That’s true, Bob.
As long as it doesn’t say at the end, “You either proceed … or it’ll cost you $50.00 to exit this process.” :o ;D Okay, I’ll eventually find out.