Do you have to purchase windows 8 or is it already intsalled? Also, is the disk incuded?
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it comes with W8, but no, no disk, and you have to make your own restore disk. Hope this helps.
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It's installed but no disk. You need to create a recovery drive on a flash drive of at least 16 gigs which I bought for less than $10. It took about 2 hours, but no big deal.
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I think it comes preloaded and to be safe I bought recovery disks for the machine recently
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Window 8 is installed...no there isn't a disk included. There is a hidden partition on the hard drive for you to creat a back up of your system, drivers and programs..I would advise an external hard drive via USB 3.0...hope this helps!
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it came with windows 8 pre-installed, but no physical disc. their is, however, a backup partition on the hard disc that can restore the system to factory defaults. I believe you can also burn a copy of the windows 8 backup DVD from the system recovery settings.
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yes and it comes with Windows 8 Cd's so you could upgrade. But a friend of mine told me Windows 8 isn't doing well right now, so don't use the cd yet. Until they fix their issues
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None. You have to buy the OS separately and install it. I installed Windows 8 via a USB CD-ROM drive. There is an option to install it via USB flash drive as well - bing it to get instructions.
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It is not. It comes with Windows 7 installed, and with a copy of Windows 8 (I think). Only get this computer if you want Windows 7.
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Not came with win8 disc.You go control panel then action then recovery thatch it.
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No, Windows is not installed when you receive the Hard Drive and you will need to provide your own copy of Windows
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Please help!! Does this thing come equipped with windows 7 operating system???
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Pretty sure shipped unit will come with windows 7 unless the seller installed windows 8 themselves onto the machine for you.
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Yes Windows 8 comes already installed on this computer. There is also a trial of Microsoft Office that is good for 30 days and then you can purchase if you want. Great for school projects!
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The one i received did not come with a disk but did have windows installed, however it was not a licensed copy, it was what appeared to be a stolen copy or a copy that had been used too many times.
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Mine came with Windows 8 pre-loaded. My wife has had a tough time getting used to 8 but it's not too bad.
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Yes, mine was new in original package. Be sure to upgrade Windows 8 to the latest version before you use it.
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Yes, the one I got on January 9 came with pre-installed Windows 7 Professional 64 bit, and it contained Windows 8 system recovery disks, which I suppose you would later use to upgrade to Windows 8.
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You should probably not buy this when you're asking that question! This machine needs RAM and HDD installed separatly, and I doubt you are qualified...no disrespect intended ;-)But yes, you can install it after Windows is installed (which does not come included).
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No. It comes with Windows 8.0 installed. You can download the upgrade to 8.1 from the Windows store.
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Mine came with windows7.I already sold it, I thought I removed this post from Amazon. Is the post still active? thanks