OEM Installation

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  1. Posts : 4,751
    Windows 7 Home Premium 32-Bit - Build 7600 SP1
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    OEM Installation


    Since the Win 7 OEM is normally installed on a blank HD, does it give an option to format the HD or should this be done before installing the OEM disk?
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  2. Posts : 176
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 RTM
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    the installation will give you the options to format, delete and create partitions
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  3. Posts : 11,840
    64-bit Windows 8.1 Pro
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    I always format before installing a new OS... there are several third party apps available to do this... Good luck with your install..
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  4. Posts : 4,751
    Windows 7 Home Premium 32-Bit - Build 7600 SP1
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    Thanks for both of your replies. I am about ready to give the installation a shot.
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  5. Posts : 319
    Mac OS X Yosemite
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    it took me 40 mins lol
    i had win 7 and i was slow and fed up with slow slow sloe and crashing. so luckily i got OEM version and i just custom install. deleted all partitions and installed win7 on a new partition. FRESH CLEAN install
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  6. Posts : 4,751
    Windows 7 Home Premium 32-Bit - Build 7600 SP1
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    Brian6121990 said:
    it took me 40 mins lol
    i had win 7 and i was slow and fed up with slow slow sloe and crashing. so luckily i got OEM version and i just custom install. deleted all partitions and installed win7 on a new partition. FRESH CLEAN install
    I have two partitions now. My D: drive are my XP restore files. I want to format D:, remove the partition and have my C: left for Win 7. Can I format D:, delete partition and Format C: during the install or should I format D: before the install?
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  7. Posts : 176
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 RTM
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    Yes you can do all of that during the install but do you not want to keep the data on D ?

    sorry just a bit confused on that.
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  8. Posts : 4,751
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    ba5ik said:
    Yes you can do all of that during the install but do you not want to keep the data on D ?

    sorry just a bit confused on that.
    I am not going back to XP. I don't see any reason to keep the files. Maybe I am wrong. Why do you think I should keep the files?
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  9. Posts : 176
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 RTM
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    N/M I thought it was personal files(pics, mp3s...) delete away :)
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  10. Posts : 4,751
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    ba5ik said:
    N/M I thought it was personal files(pics, mp3s...) delete away :)
    I really appreciate your help. Thanks,
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