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    Reinstallation guide for 1720....

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by djatomikbomb, Jul 13, 2007.

  1. djatomikbomb

    djatomikbomb Notebook Guru

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    Is there a precise guide for reinstalling Vista w/o bloatware? or can someone tell me what NOT to delete.. I don't want to mess up any partitions??
     
    djatomikbomb, Jul 13, 2007
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    Lynus Notebook Consultant

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    YOU GOT YOUR 1720?! OMG WHEN DID YOU ORDER?! THIS IS BREAKING NEWS!
    But anyway if you do have it, grats if not and your just preparing, then to answer your question i dont exactly know and at this time i forgot exactly what you were asking in your post...
     
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    Lynus Notebook Consultant

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    I think you need to save the 2GB partition for the Media Direct stuff if you plan on using it
     
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    hey lynus, how did u get this configuration for that price?
     
    mateus87, Jul 13, 2007
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    Lynus Notebook Consultant

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    Slept with a rep...

    Actually I used the 350 off coupon before they made it not stack with the free RAM and HD, lucky me I might say, not gonna show up til the 30th :(
     
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    When did you order?
     
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    Sunday the 8th, wasn't processed until Monday and its been "building" ever since, yea right, two Asian men are probably playing poker and solitaire on it pissing the time away until it "needs" to be sent
     
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    Haha, welcome to my world...mine's been building since the 4th, and alot of people that ordered on later dates are already in boxing and stuff.
     
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    I know, it doesn't make sense, whens your est shipping date?

    I kinda feel bad hijacking this thread, but oh well
     
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    My estimated shipping date is the 23rd-25th...I called and got upgraded to next day but it doesn't say that on my order status page.
     
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    I just might have to call in and see if i can get that, I think i've been losing a bit of sleep over not having this, it took forever to figure out my order and what i wanted and then order it, and now its gonna take even longer for it to be at my house... Ugh
     
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    Yeah...The worst part about this for me is that I'm going to the beach with a friend next week so my family is gonna have to sign for it, which means I should come home to a laptop loaded with random **** on it. All the more reason to reformat once I get my hands on it.
     
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    Lucky me its being sent to my moms where they aren't tech savvy enough to want to open it, but I have to drive like 20 minutes to go get it... a worthy sacrifice i guess compared to your problems, i typically don't reformat but if I can get enough of good reasons and what all the drivers i'd need to DL after i might, when you reformat don't you lose the media direct?
     
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    ok guys, back to the question at hand, I know enough to do the reformatting and drivers, BUT, is it necessary to save that Dell F8 restore, JUST IN CASE??
    But to you guys, what IS the bloatware, the dell support stuff??
     
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    BUMP... can anyone please help?
     
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    can anyone help?
     
    djatomikbomb, Jul 13, 2007
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