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    Reformating Studio XPS 16 Hard Drive

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by guitardude7, Apr 22, 2009.

  1. guitardude7

    guitardude7 Notebook Guru

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    I'm having software related issues with my sxps 16 that I can't seem to resolve, so I'm probably going to wipe the hard drive and do a fresh install of vista. Can someone tell me how to format the hard drive? I've reformatted hard drives before, but I've always hooked it up to my desktop as a secondary drive to do so.
     
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    This is what I have usually used ;) Les' guide :D
    Dell Vista Laptop Reformat and Bloatware Removal Guide
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=157838

    Cin ;) :)
     
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    So basically I can just pop the vista cd in and reformat if I have all of the dell drivers ready to install once windows is reinstalled?
     
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    Yes based on the above, you should be able to...but double check the links :D
    I have always just followed Les' guide.

    Cin ;) :)
     
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