When you purchase a new store-bought PC, it comes with the Operating System and other software preinstalled. But, how many CDs does your computer come with? Probably just 1. If you call the manufacturer immediately after you buy it and ask for the OS (Operating System) discs they'll send them to you for free. They don't want to give you the discs because it costs the manufacturer more money (about 1 dollar) but you are entitled to them.
In order to save money, they put a "restore partition" on your hard drive so that if you corrupt your system you can restore it. But what happens if your hard drive dies and you lose both partitions? You're out of luck because you don't have any CDs to restore from.
Of course you should always back up your system but we all know that not everybody does this.
So Contact the manufacturer as soon as possible. Below are phone numbers for different computer manufacturers.
HP or Compaq: (800) 474-6836
Dell: (800) 879-3355
Toshiba: (800) 457-7777
Gateway: (800) 369-1409
Emachines: (408) 273-0888
Sony: (800) 282-2848
I hope this helps you all. Don't forget, these companies are just trying to save themselves about a buck and you shouldn't have to be short-changed just to keep their stock prices up.
Happy Computing,
Tim
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