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    Getting back to stock OEM Vista

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by ps2cho, Aug 31, 2007.

  1. ps2cho

    ps2cho Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi guys,

    I reinstalled Vista but for some reason I have lost like 500 points on 3dmark2006. I put all the drivers from the Utility CD on and it is slower.

    I used the original CD and it installs a clean fresh Vista then I used the CD's to install the drivers after.

    Is there a way to have it do everything at once so it has everything just the way I had it when I got hte laptop?
     
    ps2cho, Aug 31, 2007
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  2. arshield

    arshield Notebook Geek

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    If you have the utility partition still you can have it revert back to factory install. If you deleted the utility partition when you installed Vista, then you can't.
     
    arshield, Aug 31, 2007
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  3. ps2cho

    ps2cho Notebook Evangelist

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    I still have it.
     
    ps2cho, Aug 31, 2007
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    Significa, Aug 31, 2007
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