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    CTO "Fresh Start" & Recovery Disc Question

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by AFD, Sep 10, 2008.

  1. AFD

    AFD Notebook Consultant

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    When I ordered my TZ CTO I chose the "Fresh Start" option, and it arrived without any bloatware at all (not even MS Office trial or anti-virus). Just MS Streets & Trips, some VAIO utilities, and fingerprint/TPM software was installed.

    I've been wondering, does anyone know if doing a complete reinstall from either the recovery partition or discs, would I end up with a clean install (as I got it on day one) or would all the usual bloatware and trialware be installed?

    My recovery partition is 6.19GB and hidden, and I have no idea how to tell what's inside it. Don't need to reinstall Vista yet, but it would be nice to know for future reference.

    Thanks!
     
    AFD, Sep 10, 2008
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