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    Can recovery discs be ordered?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by eyeball1951, Feb 16, 2011.

  1. eyeball1951

    eyeball1951 Notebook Guru

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    For a x201 does Lenovo sell these and where do you order them?

    Thx
     
    eyeball1951, Feb 16, 2011
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  2. lead_org

    lead_org Purveyor of Truth

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    just have to call lenovo service, about 50 USD or so.
     
    lead_org, Feb 16, 2011
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  3. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    If your Lenovo laptop is still under warranty, you can order recovery media free of charge.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Feb 16, 2011
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  4. Smellycant

    Smellycant Notebook Consultant

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    not really.

    entirely depends on how nice the tech is. free is not guarenteed even during coverage
     
    Smellycant, Feb 16, 2011
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    Scrybe Newbie

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    Yea, it's not free in certain instances, for instance if you burned your recovery discs and then lost them.

    If you aren't able to burn your own discs for some reason, they may give them to you for free if they believe your story.

    Also, you can get 64 bit discs if you originally bought a 32 bit version of windows, but they'll charge for that every time, around $50.
     
    Scrybe, Feb 16, 2011
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  6. Kaso

    Kaso Notebook Virtuoso

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    they don't care, even when the system does not have an optical drive and the user has no device for burning discs.
     
    Kaso, Feb 16, 2011
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  7. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    Well at work I have 3 different forms for Dell, HP, and Lenovo I can fill out and I can receive the recovery media for free under warranty. It is standard next business day shipping. These are the only manufacturers that offer it for free under warranty.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Feb 16, 2011
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  8. Kaso

    Kaso Notebook Virtuoso

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    Are those forms something you can publicly share with us? Or are they corporate forms that simply reflect certain contractual agreements, i.e. your employer may have paid for the "free" recovery media already.
     
    Kaso, Feb 16, 2011
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    noobpad Notebook Consultant

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    average joe doesnt have corporate hookups and contracts
     
    noobpad, Feb 16, 2011
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  10. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    AFAIK they aren't internal documents, but I have to email them to a specific email address which I have no idea whether or not they available to the public.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Feb 16, 2011
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  11. Kaso

    Kaso Notebook Virtuoso

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    well then, your "solution" is not for the ordinary users!
     
    Kaso, Feb 16, 2011
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  12. lead_org

    lead_org Purveyor of Truth

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    The free discs will only be given out on the following circumstances.

    1. If your hdd fails and you didn't make a copy of the recovery media.

    2. if your hdd internal recovery partition is corrupt and you can't recover and your recovery media that you made is faulty.
     
    lead_org, Feb 16, 2011
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    blackthinkpad, Feb 16, 2011
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  14. lead_org

    lead_org Purveyor of Truth

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    Lot of people need the recovery partition, so this method doesn't work.
     
    lead_org, Feb 16, 2011
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  15. jctl

    jctl Notebook Enthusiast

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    I didn't have a convenient external drive to make discs for my new X201, and so I called and said I was having burning errors (which was true, when I used an old drive) and they sent them to me for free. You do have to have a good reason and a agreeable tech, though. I said I was installing a new hard drive (also true, although I'm doing a clean install on it) and needed the discs for that.
     
    jctl, Feb 17, 2011
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