Windows 7 Pre-installed on Laptop

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Morning

I bought a laptop with Windows 7 pre-installed from Game. I need to re-install the OS, but don't have the CD's. Does anybody know shop policy around this/ had any prior experience with this type of issue?

Thanks!
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[Mystic Twilight]

There should be a reinstallation image on a separate partition on the hard drive inside the laptop. Otherwise just make a fuss at game and hopefully they give you a retail copy .

[morkhans]

If there was no included media then there is either a reinstall patition which you can initiate from included software in the pre-load or similarly pre-loaded software which will burn a disk for you which you can use to do the reinstall.

It varies between manufacturers. I have even seen some machines that prompt you to burn reload disks at first boot.

[Fudzy]

If it is an image, remember to make a backup of all your docs as it will most likely wipe the drive in the process of wiring the image.

[robertwj]

If you do not come right with these options just download the iso off a torrent site or microsoft's site and use your product key underneath your laptop/battery.

[Tun@]

As others have said there will be a recovery partiton on it.
If you want just the OS & don't have access to a friends discs here's some instructions & links to the Digital River downloads - you can use your same key to use either 32 or 64bit.
http://forum.notebookreview.com/wind...languages.html

[FNfal]

Normally they give you a recovery disk and on that disk is windows (it does not look like a windows disk)

[Ol' Mean Bastid]

Normally they give you a recovery disk and on that disk is windows (it does not look like a windows disk)

I haven't seen recovery disks included with laptops since Vista hit the market

[greenbean32]

If it is HP ,like mine,you are basically screwed. You should have made a back up disc. That is what they told me, and I need to buy the back up discs for like 1.8k. Just downloaded the torrent and never looked back.

[lumpyza]

TPB FTW! Every new laptop i get, i ALWAYS reinstall it with a fresh copy of windows... all that pre-loaded cr*p they put on there drives me MAD!!