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    So long Dell Bloatware

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by drumguy00, Jan 23, 2008.

  1. drumguy00

    drumguy00 Notebook Enthusiast

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    So, after bout 2 weeks with my m1530, I finally did a clean install last night.

    Before the clean install, with all my music, programs, pictures, etc, I had about 40 GB of free space...

    After the clean install, with all the same data back on my system, I still have 85GB of free space...

    45 GB of Bloat, recovery partition, and God knows what else...

    wow...
     
    drumguy00, Jan 23, 2008
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  2. outofthisworld

    outofthisworld Notebook Geek

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    wow, which guide did you follow?

    were there any problems in clean installing?

    have you decided to keep media direct?

    thanks
     
    outofthisworld, Jan 23, 2008
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  3. sly

    sly m1530 owner!!!

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    yeah there is a lot of bloatware but i would keep the backup partition
     
    sly, Jan 23, 2008
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  4. yuio

    yuio NBR Assistive Tec. Tec.

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    ... remember system restore uses 15% of your hard disk.
     
    yuio, Jan 23, 2008
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  5. drumguy00

    drumguy00 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I used this guide...

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=157838

    worked without any problems, and from step one to installing the last driver, it maybe took 2 hours. Vista installs really quickly compared to install XP on my last machine.

    I did keep Media Direct. I am a college student and it is pretty handy when I'm at home away from my home theater set up.

    I went ahead and ditched the recovery partition. I keep a backup of my files on a portable HD, and if I have a serious problem, I'll just clean install again. Its worth the time for the extra storage space
     
    drumguy00, Jan 23, 2008
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  6. Les

    Les Not associated with NotebookReview in any way

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    Glad it helped!!! Its nice reading success stories. Hit the Tweaking Thread now.
     
    Les, Jan 23, 2008
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