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    Clean install without the cd.

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by NeRo45, Dec 17, 2007.

  1. NeRo45

    NeRo45 Notebook Evangelist

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    Is there anyway that I can do a clean install of Vista without buying the CD's? I just received my T61p and have 90+processes and my RAM usage is 40% idle with 4gb of RAM.
     
    NeRo45, Dec 17, 2007
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    Use the hidden partition by pressing F11 at the Thinkpad screen and booting into Rescue and Recovery.
     
    optomos, Dec 17, 2007
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    Do what optomos said and choose to do a custom install, you'll get to choose the programs you want installed.
     
    Arki, Dec 17, 2007
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    You can use the hidden prtition but it will not be a clean install
     
    gridtalker, Dec 17, 2007
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  6. NeRo45

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    So basically it will have all the bloatware still?
     
    NeRo45, Dec 17, 2007
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    Perform the custom install and it won't have all the bloatware. You'll get to decide what you want to install and what you don't want to.

    It's semi-clean.
     
    Arki, Dec 17, 2007
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    small question

    if i will use hidden partition or R&R CDs.. will it wipe whole HDD? or only drive C: ?

    i received my T61 with C: drive only after that i have created second one.. D:, after that i have made R&R DVDs... so wil it remove drive D: or only C: as it was at the beginning?

    thanks in advance
     
    oct, Dec 17, 2007
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  9. kaede

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    the recovery partition won't be listed on your windows explorer. but it will showed on your disk management. :D
     
    kaede, Dec 18, 2007
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