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    Vista clean install

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by bck2826, Oct 22, 2008.

  1. bck2826

    bck2826 Notebook Guru

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    Hi Guys,

    Quick question.

    Is there anything special i have to do like on dells or gateways to get a clean install?

    I think sager is setup so i can just format the drive and reinstall windows from the disk.
     
    bck2826, Oct 22, 2008
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    Same thing no matter what system you're on, just make sure you have all the drivers downloaded before you blow your system away.
     
    jb1007, Oct 22, 2008
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  3. Garandhero

    Garandhero Notebook Deity

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    no there is not.. You don't have to do any wierd mid-installation driver installs like with a Dell or anything, I asked the same questions many of time back when I was gonna do my first re-install with a Sager.

    Save yourself the headache!!! Just relax and do it like you would do it on a normal system!

    Enjoy a nice fresh vista install!
     
    Garandhero, Oct 22, 2008
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  4. bck2826

    bck2826 Notebook Guru

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    Just looked at what i thought was a windows vista disk and it says recovery dvd for windows vista.

    Can i do a clean install with this disk or am i missing the real windows disk?
     
    bck2826, Oct 22, 2008
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  5. theriko

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    If you have a sticker on your unit with a product key on it, you can download the correct disc (from bittorrent etc) and use that with your key perfectly legally
     
    theriko, Oct 23, 2008
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    you can re-install with the recovery disc as well.
     
    Garandhero, Oct 23, 2008
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    Thanks guys!!
     
    bck2826, Oct 23, 2008
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