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    A few questions before I buy my 1720

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by SirSarek, Jul 2, 2007.

  1. SirSarek

    SirSarek Notebook Enthusiast

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    I am getting ready to buy an Inspiron e1720, but I had a couple of questions prior to placing the order. I am planning on formatting the laptop as soon as I get it and triple booting XP (for games)/Vista (for development)/Ubuntu (for fun/learning) so my questions may be a little unique to that situation.

    1) Does Dell include the Vista media, and if so, does it require activation? Previous Dell media CDs for XP did not require activation or a key, so I wasn't sure. If it does require activation, has anyone had problems doing so?

    2) From what I've read the first partition on the hard drive should be left alone so that media direct will still work. As long as I leave that one alone does it matter where the Vista partition is located? I had planned on a configuration of the media direct partition, then xp, then vista, then ubuntu partitions, but wasn't sure if that would cause issues.

    Thanks for your help!
     
    SirSarek, Jul 2, 2007
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  2. revoletion

    revoletion Notebook Consultant

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    Vista is installed on a main "C:" partition.
    My sugestion is if you dont want to blow an extra $150 on vista again just install ubuntu on it without wipeing the slate clean.

    No vista CD
    Just a Cd with drivers as far as i know.
     
    revoletion, Jul 2, 2007
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  3. SirSarek

    SirSarek Notebook Enthusiast

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    Anybody else want to chime in?
    I'm hearing a lot of different things regarding the OS reinstall media on the forum... sounds like some people got them and some didn't?
     
    SirSarek, Jul 3, 2007
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    devsk Notebook Evangelist

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    I am interested in knowing about this too because I plan to re-partition and dual boot as well.
     
    devsk, Jul 3, 2007
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