I'd just like to confirm what partitions you ended up with.
I assume you burned that ISO download and used it for the install, rather than using the Dell disk??
The first things I'd do on a new install is get anti-virus and Internet going.
Then update Windows from Windows update.
Then install drivers.
But I'd like to see Disk Management first. At least describe your partition layout.
If you did a clean install with the downloaded ISO, I would NOT use that Dell drivers disc.
Use the drivers given by the installer and updated by optional Windows updates. Then only import drivers which are missing in Device Manager after several rounds of optional Windows Updates, from the Dell Support Downloads webpage for your tag number which is most current.
Later we can help you restore the Recovery partition hotlink if it will not boot after testing it to see. But the space is hardly worth deciding to recover now.
Dell Restoring Your Computer´s Software to the Factory Settings
Dell Recovery Partition - restoring F8 link
Many decide to scuttle the Recovery partition and go with their own Win7 backup image, however it might be useful to recover to factory condition if you decide to sell the PC since Dell's junkware might be useful to someone else.
Last edited by gregrocker; 31 Dec 2011 at 23:15.
No, i did not burn that iso download. I used the windows 7 reinstallation cd. Thats what deri told me to do.
Disk Management is like this
Volume Layout Type File System Status Capacity Free Space %Free Fault Tolerance
C Drive Simple Basic NYFS Healthy 465.66GB 451.35GB 97% NO
System Reserved Simple Basic NYFS Healthy 100MB 72MB 72% NO
Window 7 Prem Simple Basic UDF Healthy 5.75GB 0MB 0% NO
Disk 0
Basic System Reserved C Drive
465.76GB 100 MB NTFS 465.66 GB NTFS
Healthy (system, Active, Primary) Healthy (Boot, Page File, Crash Dump, Primary Partition)
online
Disk 1
Removable E drive
No Media
The same removable E drive no media for Disk 2, 3 and 4
CD-ROM 0 Win 7 Homepremium Drive
DVD 5.75 GB UDF
5.75 GB Healthy Primary Partition
ONLINE
So based on this... am i suppose to install the applications cd driver now? Or create the partition first?
Greg:
Can't he use the downloaded ISO from My Digital Life (home premium 64) and activate it using Dell product key??
I think he has reinstalled using Dell's Windows disk which is actually a recovery disk, with bloat, crapware, etc.
Dynamite: how many total partitions do you now see in Disk Management? Do you still see a "recovery" partition of 10 or 15 GB???
A Dell Reinstallation DVD normally only contains extra the SLP factory mass-activation file so that it self-activates, and the Dell branding on Computer Properties page.
If these were recovery disks they'd not fit on one DVD, another reason they're called bloatware.
Last edited by gregrocker; 31 Dec 2011 at 16:08.
I only had 1 partition. It was disk 0 partition and it had like 465gb. No i didn't see a recovery partition.
Do you see what i typed up above? I wrote what i have in the disk management...
Greg: he did not use the My Digital Life ISO.
He appears to have reinstalled with a Dell disk.
He does not have a retail disc. He has 3 discs from Dell: Windows, drivers, and utility.
Isn't he better off using My Digital Life ISO and then using Dell product key to activate it. Can't he do that?
Or would the Dell disk give a true clean install, like a retail Windows disk?
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