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Requesting directions for a clean re-install using Dell disk
Last March I purchased a Dell M5040 Inspiron for use while stuck in a motel between home sale/purchase. Everything is fine, but now that I'm past my warranty I thought I would investigate a clean install as I've read many posts here about how bloated the factory install is. My main question is whether the green Dell re-installation dvd is what I want or is this a copy of the OS including the Dell (unwanted) extras? My other question is...to save a bit of (not really starved for) HD space, would you guys delete the recovery partition? And if you would delete it, would you bother to clone the fresh install to a second partition on same drive (as virus/malware protection-obviously not hardware failure protection)Thanks in advance, Bill