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Data protection, clean reinstall & other ???s
Recently I ordered a Dell inspirion 15 laptop for college and am waiting for it to arrive. In the meantime I have a few dillemas and questions for the community to answer.*
Knowing the laptop is gonna be full of crap Id like to do a clean reinstall along with wiping the hard drive clean. Is there a guide around or can somebody explain it to me?*
I have a tendency to install any program that looks interesting so slot of times I end up with viruses and spam. *The computers at my college wipe everything on start up so they don't get any spam. Is this possible to do on a personal level? Or is there another way to protect the core applications and system but still allow me to tinker without completely screwing myself over?*
What have you found is the best way to test applications but not use the main hard drive?*
Well the laptop is supposed to be here by 4/7 so I'd like to get this stuff figured out by then. Oh and did u mention I'm a broke college student so free is better. :)
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