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    How To Format Using Vista Recover Disc?

    Discussion in 'Fujitsu' started by WhySoSerious, Dec 13, 2008.

  1. WhySoSerious

    WhySoSerious Notebook Consultant

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    I have a Fujitsu Siemens v5535 and when i bought it, it came with 2 cd's;
    A recover disc and a drivers disc.

    Can I format so i get a clean installation of Vista using the Vista Recovery Disc?


    And how do I do it? I have backed up all my documents I want to my usb flash drive....

    What Do I Do Now?
     
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    gengerald Technofile Extraordinaire

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    When you say clean installation, do you mean factory reset or a vlited version of Vista, with the drivers and tweaks injected before you start the process? I suggest the latter, but it will take you a bit more time to get everything setup before you can actually format. http://www.vlite.net/ will have more information regarding how, what, and why. If you want to do a factory reset, then just pop in the recovery dvd, the the driver cd when prompted. You will want to suggest the format to either 1 or 2 partition option in the installation menu.
     
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  3. WhySoSerious

    WhySoSerious Notebook Consultant

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    I just mean use it as a vista installation disc.

    So It will let me choose new users and all the programmes and files are gone that i've downloaded. As if its a new computer

    I just want to format my laptop and then start again
     
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