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Clean the HD Drive first.
SSD / HDD : Optimize for Windows Reinstallation
Clean Install with a Upgrade Windows 7 Version
You should be able to restore it to like it was on the day you bought it by using the OEM partitions. You would have no viruses or infected files.
Or you can completely wipe the hard drive, deleting all partitions, and do a clean reinstall of Windows---assuming you have a valid Windows installation disc.
If you delete the OEM partitions and do not have recovery disks, you will not be able to restore the PC to like it was on the day you bought it.
Until you know for a fact what those CDs will do, I would not delete the OEM partitions.
If it were me:
I would find out if those CDs will in fact restore my PC to like the day you bought it.
The only way to find that out is to try to boot from those CDs and see what happens. I wouldn't assume anything.
I'd use those CDs and do a complete restore. That would prove to me that they actually worked for that purpose.
Then I might do a clean re-install, wiping out all OEM partitons.
You need to find out what those CDs will actually do, rather than guess.
[QUOTE] Or you can completely wipe the hard drive, deleting all partitions, and do a clean reinstall of Windows---assuming you have a valid Windows installation disc.
If you delete the OEM partitions and do not have recovery disks, you will not be able to restore the PC to like it was on the day you bought it. [/QOUTE]
I format my HDD and delete all the paritions and do a reinstall of windows, what do i do next when i installed windows 7?
You can still format the HDD and delete all the paritions right ( deleteing every programs you installed, deleting Viruses etc?