Soldato
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Just recieved a Dell laptop and quite literally shocked at the amount of uselss software Dell installs.
First bootup had a load of useless software installed and around 59 running processes!
Really, I want to reformat the thing and put a fresh installation on there.
As I understand, the laptop has a hidden partition where the original image of the system is located. In the event of it going **** up, I can simply restore this image to the main partition.
Obviously this isn't what I want as I'm back to square one.
The OS is XP MCE and I can't simply use the install disk and format as I haven't been provided one by Dell.
What options have I got?
I've got an XP Home OEM original CD. Was used with my main system but since upgraded to Pro.
Can I install XP Home OEM and use the Dell license Key for activation? Or is that a definite no?
First bootup had a load of useless software installed and around 59 running processes!
Really, I want to reformat the thing and put a fresh installation on there.
As I understand, the laptop has a hidden partition where the original image of the system is located. In the event of it going **** up, I can simply restore this image to the main partition.
Obviously this isn't what I want as I'm back to square one.
The OS is XP MCE and I can't simply use the install disk and format as I haven't been provided one by Dell.
What options have I got?
I've got an XP Home OEM original CD. Was used with my main system but since upgraded to Pro.
Can I install XP Home OEM and use the Dell license Key for activation? Or is that a definite no?