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Tips for getting a purrrrrfect clean reinstall - use the ones which apply: re-install windows 7
Tips for getting a purrrrrfect clean reinstall - use the ones which apply: re-install windows 7
This is the only way to get the best possible space to clean install Windows 7 to and it will remove the SysResv permanently unless you use Step Two #3 to recreate it.
Note
Contrary to popular belief, doing a format with Windows 7 does not remove any data at all, it just checks for sector errors and marks the space to be over-written as needed, all the data is still there including all the code from previous/failed installation attempts.