How to do clean vista install on SZ 450?

I know this guy made a thread on how he did it on his 330 but that had Xp on it, and not a preloaded vista machine http://forums.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=103875.

I was wondering On my new Vaio cmems preloaded with a bunch of crap, and would love to do a clean install with just the OS. If anyone has a detailed response on how I can use the recovery disc, to maybe reinstall jsut the OS without all the crap would be great.

 

anyone have some insight?

 

here you go.

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=5932

basically you install first without entering serial. then you upgrade from vista using the upgrade cd, but this time, enter your serial.

after the second install, you will have a clean install of vista.

 

But would that work on a Recovery DVD that I burn from Vaio?

That article seems to be if you buy a upgrade windows vista and upgrade it that way, but if you have vista installed already with a recvoery disc, wonder if it would work.

 

you can try to download the msdn version of vista ultimate from spytorrent.com or something similar. and use that disc with your vista business key to do clean install.

not sure how to proceed with your recovery dvd? any option for installing the os only?

 

The following works on Win XP but I'm not sure if it will work with Vista. However, I guess there is no harm trying it out. Just make sure you back up all the important files before proceeding. Good luck & let us know how it goes.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=44587&highlight=semi-clean+install+sz