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    Dell XPS m1730 with Raid 0: Upgrading from Vista to Windows 7 Help requested.

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by dna2008, Nov 25, 2009.

  1. dna2008

    dna2008 Notebook Consultant

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    Ok. I bought the Dell XPS m1730 about a year ago. It is on Vista Home Premium 32 bit.

    I bought a Windows 7 professional 64-bit upgrade package today (online purchase) and downloaded an ISO file of it.

    I'm COMPLETELY "noob" with doing a clean install and I know that's what I have to do here. I want to do keep everything in RAID0 too.

    I have files like Dell Support Center and Roxio Creator that came with this laptop which I use, how do I keep these after I do the new install?

    Also, Dell has given this laptop a 10Gb partition titiled as "Recovery", and I know that I can click on this and restore it to the exact same way it was when I first bought it. Can I make such a partition like the new install?

    Thanks.
     
    dna2008, Nov 25, 2009
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    newsposter Notebook Virtuoso

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    better read up on what raid0 really is and is not. There are threads here and all over the web.

    Reading 'complete n00b' and 'raid0' in the same sentence I see nothing but sadness and frustration in your future.
     
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    ^ Hmm, yeah I know what everything is. I just don't know how to keep things the way they are afterwards.

    Or how do check what drivers I have and do a clean install.
     
    dna2008, Nov 25, 2009
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