Windows 7 and recovery manager

I just bought a DV5se laptop and dv6t. Both have windows vista on it with the usual bloatware.(also as u know there is a system recovery partition which i wont touch)

I would like to install win7 rtm which is coming on monday.

Two reasons for doing this:

-Heard that 7 is faster than vista and
-to get rid of the bloatware.


I will do a clean install i.e Format c and install win7.

The question is when I turn on the computer(and when the hp logo comes) it says press esc for startup options. if u press esc there are a number of options like system information and system recovery. If i format c will these options be still there? specially the system recovery option.

Secondly is there any disadvantage in formating the preinstalled vista and clean installing Windows 7 RTM as vista was preinstalled by HP itself(in terms of being optimized etc, is there such a thing??)...


Thanks.

 

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The options you are talking about are stored in your computers BIOS so yes they will still be there after the upgrade.

When you do the Windows 7 install it will ask you for the upgrade or custom installation. Since your disk is for the upgrade do that and follow the directions it gives you at that time.
As far as the dreaded bloatware, if it is still there after the upgrade just go through your "programs and features" in the contol panel and delete them. I did this to my original Vista Home Premium x86 and it was so much faster and more stable after getting rid of that stuff such as HP wireless assistant, and HP Healthcare. You do not need these but they are usefull sometimes. To cut it short if you don't need it get rid of it.

I would highly recomend using that recovery partition. Just go into your control panel to the backup and restore utility and run a quick backup when you get the install done. This has saved me from doom a few times!

Windows File Transfer Wizard utility works great if you have an extra USB hard drive to transfer all your docs, downloads, music, videos and such with just a couple clicks. Just click start and type "transfer" to start the process. I've used it a couple of times and it works great from Vista to Windows 7. It will ask "Is this your old computer or new one?" Just select which step your on and where to save it.

Hope this helps and post back here after your upgrade and lets us know how it went for ya.

 

DO NOT format over that install of Vista if your going to "upgrade" to Windows 7 it needs to be able to detect that Vista is installed!!!

A M$ rep just shed some light on how this upgrade media will work. You can either do the upgrade, OR while booted up in Vista you can insert the disk and run the setup and choose the custom option and do a fresh clean install. Either way it still needs to be able to detect the Vista OS.