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if we fear the OS CD maybe lost for INspiron 660, is it possible to purchase just the OS Disk now?
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For those suggesting this is likely a search for an XP CD ... It seems HIGHLY unlikely an Inspiron 660 had XP on it => a quick look at the specs for a 660 & you'd have known that :-)
This is a Sandy Bridge/Ivy Bridge i3/i5 system ... NO system of that vintage was delivered with XP. MUCH more likely there's a restore partition with a utility to create your own restore media. The comment that "... we fear the OS CD maybe lost ..." was clearly a generic comment that meant the optical disc to restore the system was misplaced -- NOT that it was actually a CD.
This is a Sandy Bridge/Ivy Bridge i3/i5 system ... NO system of that vintage was delivered with XP. MUCH more likely there's a restore partition with a utility to create your own restore media. The comment that "... we fear the OS CD maybe lost ..." was clearly a generic comment that meant the optical disc to restore the system was misplaced -- NOT that it was actually a CD.
Gary, agreed, overcome with pedantry this morning :)
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