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    GIS-A1 fresh vista install?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Gotovina, Jan 19, 2008.

  1. Gotovina

    Gotovina Notebook Geek

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    Hey guys, I want to do a fresh install of vista on my G1S-A1 laptop. What disk would I need to use to do the re-install?
     
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  2. Voodoofreak

    Voodoofreak Notebook Deity

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    You want to use the Restore DVD. Pop it in and have the restore process install Vista for you. Once the OS installation is done, it will prompt you to insert the drivers CD. Don't insert it. Rather, just reboot the computer.

    This will give you a clean install of Vista. You can then install the drivers manually using the drivers CD.
     
    Voodoofreak, Jan 19, 2008
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    JCMS Notebook Prophet

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  4. E.B.E.

    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    Or you can just hit F9 during boot to install off the HDD recovery partition. Much, much faster (but can't bypass the bloatware). For more details see my XP guide (the basic installation procedure is the same)
     
    E.B.E., Jan 21, 2008
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