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    Noob question.The 'bloatwares' stay after I install Win7 Ultimate?

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by rainstorms123, Nov 28, 2011.

  1. rainstorms123

    rainstorms123 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I plan to buy a Win7 ultimate from school .

    Wonder whether those pre-installed softwares will stay or not?


    thx!
     
    rainstorms123, Nov 28, 2011
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  2. Kingpinzero

    Kingpinzero ROUND ONE,FIGHT! You Win!

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    Nope because you need to format your hard drive, which means perform a deep clean operation and start from scratch.

    That means also that youll need to manually provide drivers and reinstall everything by hand.

    Its a bit time consuming but totally worth it. Asus Os is riddled with all sort of broken things, it should be the first thing to get rid of.
     
    Kingpinzero, Nov 28, 2011
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  3. tijo

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    Actually, you have two options, to do an in place upgrade which would leave all the bloatware or a clean install like kingpinzero describes. Options 2 is the one i recommend.
     
    tijo, Nov 28, 2011
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