pre installed windows 7 backup on dvd

[livdogred]

i have a del laptop with windows 7 pre-installed and i wish to make a copy of my windows 7 on a dvd in case i have to format my laptop.I forgot to do this in the first place before using the laptop for the first time.Please can somebody tells me how to 10x in advance.

 

[richc46]

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The advice from Greg, may be another way to go, if you want to get rid or all the bloaware (pay for software that is on your computer) that only slows you down.
http://www.sevenforums.com/installation-setup/151566-reinstalling-windows-7-a.html#post1300819

 

[gregrocker]

You can make or order Dell Factory Recovery disks. Look under Dell in Start>All Programs, or contact Tech Support. This is a backup to running Factory Recovery from its partition: Dell Restoring Your Computer´s Software to the Factory Settings

A better idea may be to backup a WIn7 System image externally so that you can revert to what you have now in 20 minutes should Win7 ever become irreparable or the HD dies: Backup Complete Computer - Create an Image Backup, or use free Macrium as Rich recommends. You want to save this backup image to another HD or an external HD as DVD's are not a practical method here.

Before capturing the image you might want to http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/219576-clean-up-factory-bloatware.html to get the cleanest and leanest possible install to image.

You can also consider possible Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7 - Windows 7 Forums

 

[edwar]

There is a utility included with the system to make the Win 7 DVD and or save it to an ISO to be burned to a USB thumb drive. This utility can only make ONE (1) copy of the included OS so I suggest you use it to make an ISO file. If you never ran it and never created the DVD or ISO you still can. Look in the All Programs section under Dell.

 

[seavixen32]

Navigate to Start>All Programs>Dell DataSafe>Dell DataSafe Local Backup and follow the instructions.

You'll need three blank DVDs as the backup is approximately 12GB.

 

[edwar]

Navigate to Start>All Programs>Dell DataSafe>Dell DataSafe Local Backup and follow the instructions.

You'll need three blank DVDs as the backup is approximately 12GB.

Well that is if he makes all the DVDs for everything. If he just make the one for the OS he'll only need one DVD. But then he should really create the ISO file that way he can burn it down anytime he likes and more then once.

If I recall correctly you can also make or save the other programs to either ISOs or to DVDs.

 

[seavixen32]

The method that Dell DataSafe uses is all or nothing.

It creates a backup image to restore the computer to the out-of-box factory state and you cannot pick and choose what to backup.

 

[edwar]

The method that Dell DataSafe uses is all or nothing.

It creates a backup image to restore the computer to the out-of-box factory state and you cannot pick and choose what to backup.

Not on my newest Dell Latitude E6420. You can/could choose what to image/burn. The OS was separate from the other installed Apps. Although I may have used a different feature of the DataSafe or it is different for enterprise type systems.

 

[seavixen32]

It probably varies from model to model. Certainly on the Dell XPS 8300 it's just a straightforward backup to factory state.

However, with this particular computer, I paid an extra £5, which gives me a Windows 7 DVD along with a separate driver/application DVD.

 

[livdogred]

thanks for you help i will let you know when i'm done 10x again

 

[jumanji]

i have a del laptop with windows 7 pre-installed and i wish to make a copy of my windows 7 on a dvd in case i have to format my laptop.I forgot to do this in the first place before using the laptop for the first time.Please can somebody tells me how to 10x in advance.

In case your DELL laptop is within warranty and you are in U.S.A., you can fill up and submit the Media Request form online and Dell will send you the Recovery Disk free of cost. ( In all probability they will send you the OEM Reinstall Disk and not the Recovery Disks.). A clean install at any later date with the OEM Reinstall Disk will preserve the OEM activation and no crap too. Dell - Support

If you are in any other country contact Dell Support and they will mail you the disk after getting all details of your laptop.

 

[livdogred]

thanks mate i will try contacting dell company

 

[theog]

How to use Dell Recovery Partition,make Recovery Disks & how to order Recovery Disks.
Dell - Support

   Information

We always assume you have made your Recovery Disks using the OEM manufacturer's Recovery Media Creator app the first day you had your new PC.
& made the Startup Repair CD.
startup repair disc-create
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Did you make the OEM manufacturer's Recovery Disks?