Does it include a restore disc or is there a restore partition? what does the CoA do? Does it help me DL updates from Microsoft?
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Hi Galen, yes all Windows 7 computers we offer come with genuine and fresh copy of Windows 7 OS, an original installation disc and a COA license sticker applied on tower. The Certificate of Authenticity (COA) is a special security label that means it is a licensed Microsoft software. Your computer will always check for updates automatically and install as they are released from Microsoft.
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Most reviewers (myself included) state that they received both the disk and the COA (has the activation key on it). And yes, this can and will do a clean install. Be sure you have your data backed up. "Looking for your product key? The product key is a 25-digit string with a hyphen between each 5 digits. It will say "Product Key" before 25 digits or have an image of a key next to 10 digits with the remaining 15 on the next line below. The Product Key is generally located in the lower left corner of the DVD case, on the disc itself, or on a leaflet in the packaging you received."
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It does not include a recovery disk. There is a recovery partition on the hard drive. You can make your own recovery disk with an included program.
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It came with a driver disk but Windows also checked for updates and installed without issue.
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In my system the drive is not split into SSD and non-SSD. It operates as one drive, just one with wicked fast speed. I have not had to work with restoring Windows yet so I can't answer your second question. I will tell you almost 30 days into having it that I love it. It was a great purchase, and one I would buy again!
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It's just a drivers/utility DVD. The Windows 7 install DVD must be created via the recovery partiton (4 DVD's to burn!). And it will only restore the partition & Windows to their factory state (all other info on the drive will be destroyed.)
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It does have a few partitions but most are hidden except for the main one. You may partition it later if you want to. It does not come with any CD, but is has the Win8 recovery image in a hidden partition. You can create a bootable thumb drive for doing a clean installation of the OS. Also, when you upgrade to Windows 8.1, you may choose the option to download a disc image.
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The restore disk, if a separate DVD with the software on it, yes. On the other hand, these sometimes come with an installation in place already on the HDD, and you would have to make a clone of the drive to do the install on a new HDD. The last option is to do your setup on the drive that comes with the PC, and THEN clone the drive to a new (larger) drive. This is all legal and above board as long as you don't use the OS in another PC. There are several products available for cloning a HDD. Some of them are even free for this purpose...
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Yes, all you mentioned are included. However, there is no back up CD for Windows 8.1 included. Last week mine got a problem that was not able to start after an update. A system file was missing. I had to send it to ASUS to repair. It has been taken time to get it back.
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The one i received did not come with a disk but did have windows installed, however it was not a licensed copy, it was what appeared to be a stolen copy or a copy that had been used too many times.
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No a Win 7 back-up disc was not included.I did not check if memory can be added because it's bigger than I'll ever use !
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The restore disk, if a separate DVD with the software on it, yes. On the other hand, these sometimes come with an installation in place already on the HDD, and you would have to make a clone of the drive to do the install on a new HDD. The last option is to do your setup on the drive that comes with the PC, and THEN clone the drive to a new (larger) drive. This is all legal and above board as long as you don't use the OS in another PC.There are several products available for cloning a HDD. Some of them are even free for this purpose...
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Doubt it. They don't really do that anymore, and it's not listed under the "What's in the box" section. More likely it comes with a restore partition.
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No disc necessary once you install it. When you update, you have delete the program and then download and install the update.
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Hey Rob, The Dell desktop does come with a restore disk. And that's a big 'Thank God'. Although I bought this pc as a birthday gift for my brother, I also have Windows xp. I am not, computer, savvy enough to advance to Windows 8. And now if something happens with my pc, I just can borrow the restore disk and be up and running again like nothing ever happened. Thanks, Rick
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Mine has the Reinstall DVD for Windows 7 64 bit, and another DVD for drivers. What I really wanted to ask was for the Restore DVD -- a DVD that will restore the laptop to its original, out of the box state. However, none of the included DVDs provide that, not even the reinstall DVD and driver DVD. I emailed dell support and they agreed to provide me with a replacement drive to assist with my restore process.
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I'm using windows 8, it does come with an installation disc but the disc I received was a bad disc,but I found a free download on line but somehow I lost the link ,I'll keep looking and send it to you if I find it