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    clean windows installation issue

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by mahmood, Jul 17, 2007.

  1. mahmood

    mahmood Notebook Geek

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    I want to do a clean windows installation. If I do it, will the recovery partition be deleted?
     
    mahmood, Jul 17, 2007
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    Daelyn Notebook Enthusiast

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    I would advise you to look in the forum a bit. Here is LOADS of clean install guides and experiences regarding installing clean WinXP and Vista.
     
    Daelyn, Jul 17, 2007
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    ScuderiaConchiglia NBR Vaio Team Curmudgeon

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    Daelyn's advice is good. The short answer to your question is ONLY if you tell it to delete the partition! I used "BootIT NG" (a partition manager, to delete the C: drive partition and leave the restore partiton alone. Then when I booted the Vista install CD, it saw the "unpartitioned" space and I told it to install itself there. Afterwards the recovery partiton was still intact.

    Gary
     
    ScuderiaConchiglia, Jul 17, 2007
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  4. mahmood

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    Thanks, I did not know...!!
     
    mahmood, Jul 17, 2007
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    I don't know whether this is the right thread to put it, but I don't want to start one given that my query is about a clean windows installation.

    I have received my VAIO FZ11s today, and I'm gutted because the chunk it has already installed seems like it's gonna stay there for ever, unless a clean installation is done.

    However, sony says that no CDs or DVDs are supplied. So, how on earth am i going to do this installation? I have asked support but still no answer. Has anybody else had this issue?
     
    sonyfz, Jul 19, 2007
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    mahmood, Jul 19, 2007
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