What is in the box?

What is supposed to be in the box when you buy a Aspire One A110? I just bought one, it was the last in the shop and the box had been opened before. The salesperson did not have a clue, all he could say that everything was in the box.
In my box there was the laptop, charged battery, some manuals, battery charger ... but no CD/DVD. Should there be a CD/DVD included in the package?
Thanks.

 

Mine didn't include one.

 

Mine came with the following:

Acer Aspire One
Case
Battery
Documentation
Recovery CD
Charger

I would suggest you return it. The ISO of the CD can be acquired, off of the net but i question the legality of this, and do not condone it if it's illegal.

 

Mine is the 8gb linux model. It came with:
Acer
Battery
Charger
Recovery CD
Manuals and stuff.

Is yours Linux or Windows? Does the Windows version come with a recovery CD? Or is it built into a partition of the Hard drive?

 

As mentioned elsewhere here, the Windows version doesn't come with a recovery CD/DVD, and as you guessed, instead puts a recovery image (I think) on a separate hard drive partition.

There has been much understandable hand-wringing (me included) about it because what do you do if the hard drive fails altogether? Supposedly you can order a sort of generic XP recovery CD/DVD via the Acer site (link: https://secure3.tx.acer.com/RCD/Main.aspx) but folks have been told it'll take a couple weeks or more before they receive it (at least there was one post to that effect). I guess it was too much to ask Acer to include a recovery USB stick drive.

I also guess technically I have a couple XP system restore CD/DVDs from my last two PCs, but mine also were set to install a lot of garbage-ware present on new big-brand PCs.

 

In regards to the recovery partition on the XP, a member on here has already made a copy of the partition and uploaded it as a torrent.

You can actually download it from torrent websites. Just search for "Unofficial Acer One Recovery" or something like that. He intended it as a recovery CD for those who are inexperienced with computers and makes it easier for everyone else.

 

Thanks, here's that thread:
viewtopic.php?f=11&t=2445&p=16362&hilit=Unofficial+Acer+One+Recovery#p16362

Though, I hope at some point someone actually uses it and can vouch it worked for them. Well, I guess I don't really hope that happens because that would mean the hard drive crapped out.

btw, this thread title reminded me of the movie "Seven." "What's in the box? Tell me what's in the box!!" :twisted: :lol:

 

Thanks for all the answers. I have the Linux version of the A110. As I said mine did not include a recovery-dvd. I guess its time to complain to the shop.

 

I phoned the Acer helpline (the Belgian one). After allot of discussion they finally agreed that there should be a recovery-dvd in the box. The good part is that they will send it with snailmail.