nub with xps 17

ive been lurking for a while, and i recently orderd an xps 17. I have a question, what is the clean install i keep reading about people doing? is it getting rid of all the crap that dell shoves on there that is not needed?
here is what i got coming to me:


1 317-6211 2nd generation Intel Core i7-2820QM processor 2.30 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 3.40 GHz
1 317-6204 8GB,DDR3,2 DIMM
1 331-1414 Backlit Internal Keyboard - English
1 421-3874 Camera Software 2.X, Factory Install
1 421-3642 Basic Stage
1 320-2538 17.3in FHD WLED AG (1920x1080)
1 320-1982 NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M 3GB graphics with Optimus and TV Tuner
1 320-1987 Intel Wireless Display Software
1 342-2248 500GB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive
1 318-0428 Elemental Silver Aluminum
1 421-1737 Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English
1 421-0757 Skype VOIP Application
1 420-9691 DataSafe Local BackUp
1 330-6222 Windows 7 Label
1 420-6436 PC-Restore, Dim/Insp
1 420-6576 DELL WELCOME,Software Dimension/Inspiron
1 421-0092 DELL-DOWNLOAD-FLAG
1 420-9876 Cozi-Calendar
1 421-2086 eBay Webslice
1 318-0392 Windows Live Wave 4
1 331-1416 Resource DVD (L702X)
1 421-4118 WHITEPAGES.COM,Webslice
1 421-4289 Dell Support Center Software 3.0
1 430-4038 Integrated 10/100/1000 Network Card
1 410-1883 Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.0 Multi-Language
1 318-1064 Tray Load Blu-ray Triple Writer (reads and writes CDs, DVDs, BDs)
1 421-4550 Power DVD 9.6, 3D
1 421-4838 Roxio Creator 2011, Upsell
1 318-0431 Creative SoundBlaster X-FI MB 1.2
1 317-6214 Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6230 and Bluetooth 3.0
1 331-0413 mini Display Port to VGA Adaptor
1 410-9452 McAfee Platinum, 30 Day, MUI
1 312-1182 90 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery
1 410-0487 Microsoft Office Starter: reduced-functionality Word and Excel with ads. No PowerPoint or Outlook
1 939-4150 Dell Hardware Limited Warranty, Initial Year
1 939-4160 Dell Limited Hardware Warranty Plus In-Home Service After Remote Diagnosis, Initial Year $56.00
1 994-3700 Accidental Damage Service, 1 Year $69.00
1 950-9797 No Warranty, Year 2 and 3
1 412-0358 Soft Contracts Consumer Accidental Damage Agreement
1 420-8878 Soft Contracts Dell In-Home Hardware Agreement
1 933-0410 Warranty Support, Initial Year
1 988-0099 To activate your online backupaccount, go to Start, Programs, DataSafe Online $0.00
1 927-2357 DataSafe Online 2.0 2GB
1 421-4356 Software, DataSafe Online 2.0 2GB
1 991-4069 Your Tech Team Unlimited POS SKU - 1 YR
1 330-0171 S and P Drop-in-Box Marcom forDHS Notebooks
1 430-3893 No Mobile Broadband L501X $0.00
1 421-4600 Recovery DVD for Windows 7 Home Premium OS, 64bit, English $12.41

 

1 421-4600 Recovery DVD for Windows 7 Home Premium OS, 64bit, English

that DVD will allow you to install a fresh copy of Windows 7 onto your laptop. It will rid the laptop of everything that came with it, however you can reinstall drivers and software from the Dell website if you so wish. See here for a bit of info regarding that,

http://forum.notebookreview.com/dell-xps-studio-xps/573253-fresh-win-7-install.html

To be honest, I found my XPS to be pretty much bloatware free. I wasn't interested in Mcafee AV, nor the MS Office starter. Apart from that there really isn't much else to the factory state. Of course you could manually deactivate a few unnecessary things that startup with the laptop to streamline it a bit

If you ever need to go back to the factory state, then you can use your recovery partition. I'd also suggest burning some recovery DVDs as soon as you get the laptop and put them somewhere safe

 

thanks for the input. my last laptop was the m1210, and it took forever to boot up.

 

i agree, really if you take off what you dont want in the beginning you should be ok....there are tutorials around thatll show you how to turn off programs during startup that you dont need.......then they will start as you choose.

 

Here is one tutorial!

Optimize Windows 7 for better performance