Doing Wipe Install with Dell Reinstall Disks with Windows 7

smr2112,

Thank you for contacting the Dell Community Forums.  If you received a full version of Windows 7 Home Premium with your new system, then there's no reason you couldn't use that disc to reinstall your operating system, including deleting or formatting partitions if necessary.  Note that you will probably need to reinstall some drivers after completing the Windows installation, as there are still some drivers out there that are not native to Windows 7.

smr2112,

I was referring to the reinstallation disc that comes with the computer--it contains the full version of Windows 7, and is really the same OS you would find on a Microsoft disc.   If you reinstall from the Dell reinstallation disc, you shouldn't be prompted for a a Windows 7 product key, but if you are, the key from the sticker on your computer should work fine.

When you say "full version of Windows 7 Home Premium" - do you mean the reinstall disk that comes

with the computer or a full Windows 7 disk purchased elsewhere?

Will either way work with the Windows 7 key that attached to the computer via a Microsoft sticker?

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You do ;) its just in a different place. See my wiki A Clean Install of Windows 7, it will tell you everything.

Perform the additional Step 7 with DBAN for a complete format (The Windows Format is much weaker).

You neglicted these screens here:

However read through the wiki properly, download all you need onto external media and install in the recommended order as per my wiki.

I need the procedure to do a wipe reinstall from dell mreinstall DVD.... I've tried booting from DVD as I have done with XP but I am not offered the opportunity to format and repartition HDD....HELP