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    Jan 6, 2010, 11:50 PM
    New hard drive and recovery disks
    I am replacing a hard drive on a Gateway computer. I have the factory recovery disks for the computer. Question is, will the recovery disks restore windows, or am I stuck having to buy a copy?

    Thanks in advance.
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    Jan 6, 2010, 11:59 PM
    The recovery discs normally have a clean image of your computer as you got it from new, so you don't need a separate OS disc.
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