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Dell Inspiron N7010 recovery disks?
I have a Dell Inspiron N7010 2.53ghz i5 with windows 7 64-bit the recovery drive will not work on. It also has no Data Safe option through the program menu. I have lost or misplaced the rescue disks I burned for it when I moved. I am unable to find anyplace online to purchase replacements and Dell only offers them to people who are still under warranty which I am not. Does anyone know someplace I can purchase replacements?
I was just reading online that I can download dell data safe and recovery download manager, Does anyone know if I do this will they allow me to create recovery cds like they did before I lost them?
Found the fix. If anyone with a dell computer using Data Safe should have the recovery drive become visible but it will not recover through F8 and also Data Safe disappears. Download Data Safe at http://dslbchecker.datasafelocalbackup.com/dslchec... and install on your computer. This will reorganize the recovery drive where it can be used. You will also be able to make your recovery disks or a recovery Flash Drive. Apparently the drive is meant to be used with Data Safe and if a recovery is done and Data Safe is not re-installed the drive becomes inaccessible. I read where a lot of people were having the same problems but a solution was never offered. Here it is.
Thanks for the answer it is good to know the operaring software is out there at a cheap price if ever needed.
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- ?Lv 77 years agoFavorite Answer
you can easily find Dell reinstallation discs on ebay for reasonably prices (typically a Win7 Professional X64 SP1 reinstallation disc will run ~$15)
as an example:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Windows-7-Professiona...
You will also need to go to Dell's support site to download drivers.
If everything on your computer is really "lost" I would strongly recommend doing your reinstallation on a new hard drive, doing it on a used drive that may have "issues"
is simply not worth the aggravation compared to the cost of a new HDD with a factory
warranty
used on a Dell that originally shipped with Windows7 the running installer will NEVER even ask for a windows product code and will invariably "Activate" automatically before "first use desktop".
