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    Help a newb with 'clean install'

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by tom1010, Feb 3, 2008.

  1. tom1010

    tom1010 Newbie

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    Hi,

    At the moment im looking to buy a new laptop and have reduced my options to two..a TZ or the SZ4XWN/C, but thats another disscussion!

    I understand from all my reading that the Vaios come with A LOT of unwanted software, so will I plan on reinstalling fresh when I get mine. Ive never done anything like this before but i sounds resonably easy considering im a pretty low-tech person!

    Is it going to be as simple as reinstalling the OS from the supplied OEM Vista DVD then installing all the drivers+utilities for the relevent model from the Vaio support site?

    Many thanks

    Tom
     
    tom1010, Feb 3, 2008
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    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    shalimar Notebook Consultant

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    Mujja Notebook Evangelist

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    Download all the drivers from my thread, see sig, and install in the order I've listed.
     
    Mujja, Feb 5, 2008
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    Thanks for the links guys. I noticed that most of the links refered to the SZ series, how much different is it for the TZ?
     
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    karimnacer Notebook Consultant

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    Its quite the same thing... Except for the nvidia part...
     
    karimnacer, Feb 5, 2008
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