dm4-3170se questions

Good evening,
Our 2010 dv7tse was stolen in a home burglary. We are planning on replacing it with the dm4-3170se.

I cannot find an owners thread. Does one happen to exist? When I first got our dv7, there was a great guide in how to remove the bloatware by downloading a copy of Windows (the same version that came on the laptop) and doing a clean install.

Could someone possibly help me out with a link on how to do this with the dm4?

I sincerely appreciate the help.
Skid

 

There is a thread for the DM4 older version but I don't see the thread for newer one. I was looking around to find some tweaks and what not.
So far, I have changed my HDD to SSD and need to configure the built in cache drive and new SSD to raid format and I can't figure it out yet.

 

Have you done a clean Win install? If so can you provide the info?
Good luck installing the SSD, that's above my pay grade for sure.

 

http://forum.notebookreview.com/hp-compaq/432564-hp-laptop-out-box-guide-2-0-windows-7-a.html

I used the above link to do a fresh install on my dm4-3099se and I didn't have any issues, well, I take it back...I did have one issue.

I put Win 7 on a USB drive and the laptop failed to recognize it. So, I just inserted a Win7 dvd I had laying about and the install went fine.

 

Thanks so much! This is what I Was trying to find.
Did you have any issues with the install with regards to the SSD?

Thanks again

 

The install went fine other than the usb issue. I ended up in removing it because I was only getting SATA II speeds on the SATA III SSD.