Which partitions do I actually need?

Although it could come in useful when different OS's get installed... I'll give it a go. Thanks again

If Win7 came preinstalled on the PC then use the Product Key on the COA sticker to activate it or you'll be wasting a $100+ value license purchased with the computer. Use any other retail Win7 you have somewhere else to get it's full value as well.

The bloatware has a webcam software in with it, and I want to continue to use it so can any of you please recommend a good program for using it. Also will I need a wireless card driver, as as it is it uses atheros? Thanks

Sorry, first time posting and just realized I posted in someone elses post... thanks for the fast replies though...

Just from what I've learnt here, you've got 82mb unallocated which could be in use, an you don't need such a big system partition (199mb is fine)

And at a second look, there's some more unallocated space between C partition and recovery.

It isn't enough of a mess to bother with. I'm guessing you want to keep the Recovery partition on the chance it will still boot to run as it might if you kept the same exact partition structure. So any effort to gather the Unallocated slivers on either side of it into Recovery could affect whether Recovery will run. And shrinking System Reserved would also affect Recovery which is why it's larger here.

If you don't care about Factory Recovery but instead want to rely on backup imaging to restore if Win7 becomes unbootable, then you could delete that partition and extend C or use the space for storage. Backup Complete Computer - Create an Image Backup

Too bad you didn't consult us on the Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7 which is a specialty of these forums. We could have helped you work out the OEM driver and/or software issues. For the most part, Win7 is driver complete in the installer and via optional Updates. However we have seen issues with Samsung Elantouch pad gesture features as well as webcam software enhancements that don't work correctly any way except in the factory install.

Well, it seems I've not learnt that much after all... Ah well, any good free webcam programs?

Anyway, I've done a clean install, and successfully activated it. Also now I've got an extra 15GB! Should I extend the system partition?