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    How to do clean vista install on SZ 450?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by travisruhl, Feb 22, 2007.

  1. travisruhl

    travisruhl Notebook Enthusiast

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    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.
     
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    travisruhl Notebook Enthusiast

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    anyone have some insight?
     
  3. hsuntiger

    hsuntiger Notebook Enthusiast

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    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.
     
  4. travisruhl

    travisruhl Notebook Enthusiast

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    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.
     
  5. hsuntiger

    hsuntiger Notebook Enthusiast

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    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?
     
  6. SPEEDwithJJ

    SPEEDwithJJ NBR Super Idiot

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