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Honestly, I don't think I ever actually got a recovery CD whenever I bought a computer pre-installed with Windows, so it’s the same story for me now too...
Does that mean I have to hunt it down via torrents or something?
Thanks so much, seriously—I never even bothered looking at those stickers on the back before, but now I see it really does say 🙂)
I don't want to clutter things up with a new thread, so I was hoping for some quick advice here.
I picked up a new laptop that came with Microsoft Windows 7 already pre-installed, so there wasn't any kind of installation disc in the box.
The thing is, since I just finished setting everything up, I'm wondering how I can make my own backup copy of the OS currently running on this machine...
Back when I had my old computer running Vista, I used to (I can't quite remember the exact steps) burn a Vista installation disc. That way, whenever the system got hit by a virus or just started acting sluggish, I could just pop that disc in and perform a completely fresh reinstall of Vista. It wasn't really about "repairing" the existing setup, but more about having the ability to wipe everything and start from scratch again.
Now, I’d love to do the exact same thing with Windows 7—basically "copy" it so I can create an installation disc. I want to have it ready to go so if I ever need to (re)install the system, I can do it knowing I'm using a perfectly legal copy...
Thanks so much in advance for any help you can give,
In case anyone needs the specs, the model is an HP G62 running Microsoft Windows 7 home premium 64bit.