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by: itsdigger July 31, 2012 9:37 AM PDT

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My Buddy has an old

by itsdigger - 7/31/12 9:37 AM

Dell Inspirion( not sure of the spelling) he told me that he had a neighbor get rid of a virus for him and ended up formatting the hard drive, Big Dummy Doesn't Have a Restore Disc!!!! Had XP on it. My question is , if I downloaded a Linux os to a disc, would I be able to load it into his hard drive? I would just try it but he's about 60 miles away so thought I should ask someone before I make the drive. Thanx........Digger

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Most likely yes.

by R. Proffitt Moderator - 7/31/12 9:40 AM

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But Dell does offer some of the restore media for download as we read http://forums.cnet.com/7726-13974_102-5325452.html?tag=posts;msg5325452

Your choice.
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by itsdigger - 7/31/12 9:47 AM

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we have to do the Linux route because he's been out of work for close to 3 years and can't afford a microsoft disc.


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The download from Dell is free.

by R. Proffitt Moderator - 7/31/12 9:57 AM

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I guess they can't afford the download either? Sorry but I can't tell you where the download for this inspiron is, dell usually tells you for free as well.
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just an update

by itsdigger - 7/31/12 2:49 PM

In Reply to: The download from Dell is free. by R. Proffitt Moderator

he wasn't interested in loading xp again, wanted to try something different so we installed Ubuntu with no problems and he's happy. He's having a ball with his " new toy " , thanks for your help Bob..........Digger


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