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I have a Lenovo ThinkPad, if I blow away the stock version of Windows 8 I'm currently running with an incoming Windows 10, will that blow away all the Lenovo bl

• hiby007 11y ago
  Yes, generally That should do the trick.
• thinkmac 11y ago
  But Windows 10 Preview does phone home update: some of you idiots really hate my comment. that's cool
• hackuser 11y ago
  > if I blow away the stock version of Windows 8 I'm currently running with an incoming Windows 10, will that blow away all the Lenovo bloatware? It will remove the Lenovo applications, but the 'bloatware' and security risks could exist elsewhere, or example in BIOS or in a separate partition on the hard drive.
  • yellowapple 11y ago
    If you repartition the hard drive, at least that latter point should be resolved, though at the cost of blowing away recovery data.