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Do OEM's even provide an option for a clean install (i.e., Windows OS + drivers - bloatware)? I'm fairly sure their factory restore discs are bloatware ridden,

Do OEM's even provide an option for a clean install (i.e., Windows OS + drivers - bloatware)? I'm fairly sure their factory restore discs are bloatware ridden, too. And for an average consumer, the idea of doing a clean install is something they have no idea that you can do, how to do or want to do.

powerslave12r 14y ago
You can download an OEM windows disk or call up your Hardware manufacturer for it if it wasn't provided with the computer (I'm not a 100% sure on this.) As long as your laptop shipped with windows you can install either 32 bit or 64 bit of the same version (oem) on the same computer. Edit: Here's a quick google if anyone's interested in more info: http://forum.notebookreview.com/windows-os-software/604187-legal-download-digitalriver-windows-7-sp1-13-languages.html http://forum.notebookreview.com/windows-os-software/604187-l...
- Steko 14y ago
  Yes it's a huge pain in the ass not the easy one step process implied above.