I have an Inspiron 6400. I would like to know if it's possible to perform a clean installation of vista while keeping the Dell Factory Image Restore intact. I want to know if this is possible so I can use the Factory Restore later should I decide to go back to the factory image. Would I need to leave the Recovery partition intact or would just backing up the Factory.wim to DVD be enough? Also, would it be possible to restore a factory image on a new hard dive? If so, what would i need from the original HD to do so?

 

I'm trying to get a better understanding of the Dell Factory Image Restore utility. Any input would be great.

 

Thanks,

 

Derek