Does this come with a Windows Recovery Disk? If not, what about an image to restore back to?
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Ryan I.,The Shockwave ships with Windows 8.1 64-bit preinstalled, and with a recovery/reinstallation disc.
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Ryan I., The Shockwave ships with Windows 8.1 64-bit preinstalled, and with a recovery/reinstallation disc.
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Yes. It does come with one. And for some reason it doesn't. I'm sure the people at cybertron will send you one
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Manny, Thank you for the question. Our systems will ship with the Windows 7 recovery disk. It will recovery the operating system only. You might be required to download driver software from HP. We include a new Windows 7 disk with proper COA sticker and product key, not a factory HP recovery disk. Thank you, Jason
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Ronald,Thanks for your interest in GoGet Computers!Unfortunately, Microsoft has changed its policy and does not supply us with extra Windows 7 reboot discs, so unfortunately we can no longer distribute them to our customers. However, we create a partition on our computers that allows you to select the option to perform a system restore from the start up screen. I hope this answered your question.
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Hello,You can call HP Tech Support and check if Recovery Disc with Win 7 for this model available.Best regards,Amuras
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It's preloaded with Windows 7 and comes with the restore disks for both Win 7 and 8. Hope this helps!
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I have not used my drive for recovery. I saved files using Time Machine software, but have not needed to bring any back, or even looked at them.The drive is easy to setup.
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Neither. It does, however, allow you to make one image recovery disc in case the windows stops working properly. Go to settings->backup->and choose one from those options
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The machine comes preloaded with Windows 7 Professional 64bit already. You're good to go. The supplied recovery media is for Windows 8, however. Re-installing Windows 7 will be difficult. I'd recommend preforming a complete system backup to an external harddrive as soon as you get the machine.
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Mine did not come with a restore disk. A restore disk is used when you have to wipe your computer, either if you've received a virus, etc. and need to re-install the operating system.
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no it just came with windows xp installed and a recovery disc , I have since updated to windows 7
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The one I received already had Windows 8 installed, but it comes with recovery discs that let you wipe it and put Windows 7 back on it.
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Yes. I installed Win 8 without recovery media, and activated it with the serial number in BIOS, and then upgraded to Windows 8.1 successfully.
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No a Win 7 back-up disc was not included.I did not check if memory can be added because it's bigger than I'll ever use !
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Good question! I did not do that type of installation. I know there is a disc that came with it, but I did not need to use it for windows installation. I would try and ask the vendor selling this item if they can answer it for you.
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It didn't come with any recovery disk, but since this computer comes with windows 8 it offers a easy to use recovery/restore tool under the settings app. you can reload your whole o.s. like new.
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I bought one early this year, same specs except it came with Win7 Pro 32bit.Did not ship with "system recovery disk set" or a recovery partition on the HD. Later, I was sent a "system image" and a Win7 repair disk as an after request. All vendors are different at to what you get in the box, despite the generic description. If you don't get what is listed, complain to the vendor first.
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I use Acronis True Image for image back ups because it will create a bootable USB thumb drive to do the restore operation with, I've been leary of relying on the Windows backup...I'm using Windows 7...