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"doing a clean Windows install is difficult if the only means of reinstallation you have is the bundled "recovery DVD" which puts all of the shit right back on
by antidoh 14y ago
"doing a clean Windows install is difficult if the only means of reinstallation you have is the bundled "recovery DVD" which puts all of the shit right back on there."
That's not a clean install.
A clean install is buying a retail version of Windows and blasting it down on your HD.
Recovery DVDs recover what the hardware vendor put there in the first place.
- deleted 14y ago[deleted]
- what_ever 14y agoI think you can't buy a retail version on Windows anymore. Plus, when it was available previously, you had to pay for that.
- danieldk 14y agoActually, you can buy an update to Windows 7 right now for $39.99: http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/html/pbpage.Windows_8_Pro http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/html/pbpage.Wind... You can wipe a Windows 7 install and do a completely clean Windows 8 install.
- philwelch 14y agoSo you have to buy Windows twice?
- antidoh 14y agoUnfortunately yes. The version that comes with your computer is relatively cheap, but you can't do much with it. The retail version gives you full flexibility, and you can move it to a new computer. Or you can buy a computer that doesn't come with Windows in the first place.
- jeremyjh 14y agoThat is incorrect. See eps's comment above. You can use your OEM key with a Windows 7 ISO that you can get from MS.