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    M1330 - Delete all partitions and start again!

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Kryptonic, May 15, 2008.

  1. Kryptonic

    Kryptonic Notebook Consultant

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    Hi guys,

    My 1330 is due to arrive tomorrow morning and will ship with vista home prem. I own a license for Ultimate so i plan on putting that on!

    Basically i've read the out-of-the-box setup has 3 paritions on it... mediadirect, restore and windows. How would i go about deleting all 3 paritions, and reclaiming all the space (320gig) into one single partition for Vista?

    Cheers guys
    Will
     
    Kryptonic, May 15, 2008
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  2. atbnet

    atbnet Notebook Prophet

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    The quick way would be to use DBAN's quick erase feature to nuke the drive then go about installing Vista Ultimate on a completely clean drive.
     
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    ProfessorShred Notebook Evangelist

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  4. Kryptonic

    Kryptonic Notebook Consultant

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    wow! thats excellent - thanks guys! Ill give them a blast tomorrow morning once ive finished testing the 1330 :) rep'd!
     
    Kryptonic, May 15, 2008
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