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    Y580 fresh reinstall help

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by AnimalMother, Jul 19, 2012.

  1. AnimalMother

    AnimalMother Notebook Evangelist

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    I want to start a fresh install. Never did it before. I want only the basoc deivers for the graphics card, keyboard, usb, touchpad, camera etc... No bloatware. I also want the partition gone and i want to back it up on a seperate thimb drive or usb drive. How do i go about this?
     
    AnimalMother, Jul 19, 2012
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  2. shalfurn

    shalfurn Newbie

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    I'm assuming you want a fresh reinstall of Windows, correct?
    Do you have a Windows install disk?
    But before that I suggest you get a simple partition copier software such as this to back up the one you want.
     
    shalfurn, Jul 20, 2012
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  3. AnimalMother

    AnimalMother Notebook Evangelist

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    I don't have a windows install disk. I copied the driver files to s 4gb thumb driver though.
    The y580 i got had no windows 7 cd and i dont know the cd key anyhow. I just want it all on one harddrive i copied/pasted the driver folder in the partitioned section to my thumbdrive as i said before.

    I have no idea how to go about do anything else though.
     
    AnimalMother, Jul 20, 2012
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  4. peteryorkuca

    peteryorkuca Notebook Consultant

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    I think I gave a fair warning before that if you remove/change any of the partition, you will lose One-Key-Recovery function.

    If you aren't experience with windows, I suggest you keep OKR incase you need to do an emergency restoration.
     
    peteryorkuca, Jul 21, 2012
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  5. ssri

    ssri Notebook Evangelist

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    Or at least make recovery DVDs using the OKR program while logged into Windows. Too bad OKR does not include a minimal restore option like the ivy bridge HP Pavilions, which installs a fresh copy of Windows 7 without the crapware. I recall my friend's Thinkpad having such an option, but I may be mistaken.
     
    ssri, Jul 21, 2012
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    broncito Notebook Consultant

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    The basic option is factory conditions. So no, you can't choose a clean install with no bloatware... too bad. However you can create a recovery disc at the actual state, so if you got rid of all the bloatware your self then your good.
     
    broncito, Jul 21, 2012
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  7. AnimalMother

    AnimalMother Notebook Evangelist

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    Thank you very much guys
     
    AnimalMother, Jul 23, 2012
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