I recently purchased from a well-known big box electronics retailer an open box Toshiba Satellite notebook computer running Windows XP. All I got was computer w/ battery and ac adapter. Their tech department supposedly did a "restore" on it before they gave it to me. I am still within the window of time I can return it. My questions...
1) The computer came with no recovery disk - the drive has a partition with everything for a restore to factory condition and the retailer will make a recovery cd for $30. Is there any way I can make this recovery disk myself (I've been researching - are we talking making a hard drive disk image here? I don't mind paying the $30 to the retailer if that's the best way, I just want to make sure I'm not getting ripped off.) and what would it have on it?
2) Have I made a mistake purchasing an open box computer? I realized I have no product key for Windows, etc. Am I missing anything I really shouldn't be caught without? This was a display model - if I see no external damage am I OK if they did a "restore" before I got it?
Thanks...
Update: Some possible answers I've found in other threads...Toshiba won't sell a recovery disk and there is no application I can find on the laptop to create one.
1) The computer came with no recovery disk - the drive has a partition with everything for a restore to factory condition and the retailer will make a recovery cd for $30. Is there any way I can make this recovery disk myself (I've been researching - are we talking making a hard drive disk image here? I don't mind paying the $30 to the retailer if that's the best way, I just want to make sure I'm not getting ripped off.) and what would it have on it?
2) Have I made a mistake purchasing an open box computer? I realized I have no product key for Windows, etc. Am I missing anything I really shouldn't be caught without? This was a display model - if I see no external damage am I OK if they did a "restore" before I got it?
Thanks...
Update: Some possible answers I've found in other threads...Toshiba won't sell a recovery disk and there is no application I can find on the laptop to create one.