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    Cons of reformatting?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Ahmedatry, Jul 1, 2008.

  1. Ahmedatry

    Ahmedatry Notebook Guru

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    I just got my xps and am looking into reformatting it. It so far sounds really good but what are possible cons of reformatting my m1530 ??? thanks
     
    Ahmedatry, Jul 1, 2008
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  2. millermagic

    millermagic Rockin the pinktop

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    As long as the partitions stay the same, I dont see anything bad about reformatting it.

    You have the original drivers, right?
     
    millermagic, Jul 1, 2008
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  3. Bauer418

    Bauer418 Notebook Evangelist

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    Con = time it takes.

    Pros =
    1. Faster boot time (less background apps)
    2. More HD space (less programs installed)
    3. Better performance (less background processes)
    4. Cleaner registry & filesystem (no leftover keys/files/folders from installed bloatware)
    5. Possibility of installing x64 if you want to.
     
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  4. Polarix

    Polarix Notebook Evangelist

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    Can you just delete the partition that the OS was on, and format that area? Will it still be labeled "Drive C"?
     
    Polarix, Jul 1, 2008
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  5. xboxgon

    xboxgon Notebook Guru

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    i had the latest midnight blue and........ i lost the dell xps midnight blue wallpaper! :mad: that is the only regret that i have, i backed up the recovery drive and now all i need to do is open the Factory.wim file to recover that damn wallpaper :( (i'm still in the process of doing that)
     
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  6. Bauer418

    Bauer418 Notebook Evangelist

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    AFAIK, windows always recognizes the boot partition as drive C.
     
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    Bauer418 Notebook Evangelist

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    Google. Find any of the XPS wallpapers (blue or any other color) and take it into photoshop or an online hue editor. You can change it to whatever.
     
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  8. Ahmedatry

    Ahmedatry Notebook Guru

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    how do i keep the partitions the same, and how do i keep all my drivers?
     
    Ahmedatry, Jul 1, 2008
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    GLMontyWV Notebook Enthusiast

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    On the Operating System recovery CD that came with my refurb Dell D410 it says, "CD is not for the reinstallation of programs or drivers." So does this mean that all the drivers my system needs are not included on this CD or just that if I have a driver go bad that I just can't reinstall that driver from the CD.

    If I do a reinstall from the CD should I end up back exactly where my laptop was when I took it out of the box?

    Thanks!

    Monty
     
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    xboxgon Notebook Guru

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    Okay i had finally able to extract the blue wallpaper! lol
    i recently switched to vista 64 and thats why i had troubles extracting that darn blue wallpaper! but i have it now! haha

    the Factory.wim of the recovery drive has it.
    i'm getting a lil off-topic here but the only downside of reformatting is that it takes time, but in the longrun you'd have increased performance
     
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  11. Ahmedatry

    Ahmedatry Notebook Guru

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    Hey im about to reformatt this laptop, can someone tell the quickpoint on how to keep the partitions the same and keep all my drivers?


    I know there is a section dedicated to this but its over 190 pages and really don't have time to read all that because i have a test tommorow.
     
    Ahmedatry, Jul 1, 2008
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  12. xboxgon

    xboxgon Notebook Guru

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    you could either A) reinstall the drivers that came with ur xps,
    or B) reinstall the drivers by downloading online

    you can't retain ur drivers because you'd have to slipstream it in the windows cd if i remember it correctly, other than that you could restore to factory settings.
     
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  13. digi111

    digi111 Notebook Consultant

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    Me personally I wouldnt format. After going through 3 laptops, and always formating the 1st two laptops and deleting the recovery partition, I found it very handy 2 keep the recovery partition because it reinstalls all the drivers 4 you and the reinstall process of vista was quick. The only bloatware I had 2 uninstall was Macafee and goole programs and I was good 2 go. Just my 2cents.
     
    digi111, Jul 1, 2008
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