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    Clean Windows Install

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by StarsBravo, Jan 19, 2007.

  1. StarsBravo

    StarsBravo Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello there!

    I recently purchased a laptop and it came with MCE and lots of bloatware.. however there wasnt any windows installation disk in the package, there is som sort of windows booklet and a recovery cd.. my questions are..

    If i don have a windows xp copy, how to make a windows clean install?
    how to keep my licence?

    I have a windows Unattended Edition disk but i dont want to format my laptop if im going to lose my licence...

    the model i bought is an asus g1

    Thank u guys
     
    StarsBravo, Jan 19, 2007
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  2. Zero

    Zero The Random Guy

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    To format and reinstall Windows again, you have to use the recoverydisc that came with the notebook. Notebook manufacturers don't send out full OEM Windows XP CD's out anymore. The recovery disc contains all the drivers, and perhaps the bloatware, although I am not sure, as some manufacturers include it and some don't.

    The recovery disc is practically the same as the full Windows XP disc, so if you wish to format, its the same procedure that is used to format a normal computer.
     
    Zero, Jan 19, 2007
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  3. JadedRaverLA

    JadedRaverLA Notebook Deity

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    You can usually use another Windows MCE disc and your laptop's license key to do a clean install, but you'll want to get instructions from the ASUS forum because it's often not easy and you'll want advice from users who've done that on the same/similar notebook before.
     
    JadedRaverLA, Jan 19, 2007
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  4. kegobeer

    kegobeer 1 hr late but moving fast

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    Call and ask for the XP MCE install disk. Quite often a quick call to tech support is all that's needed to get the MCE disk in the mail.

    You can't use a retail version with the OEM license key, at least not usually. Perhaps if it's an OEM install disk that key might work.
     
    kegobeer, Jan 19, 2007
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