I received my upgrade today, (ordered it on Jan 4th for those interested) and would like to perform a clean install. I would really, really appreciate it if somebody who has done a clean install could walk me though the basic steps. Some questions I initially have are,

 

1) Which method did you use to perform the clean install? (website with steps)

2) Do I install the dell update disk before or after in preform the clean install of vista?

3) Any common programs that I should uninstall before i upgrade.

 

Thanks in advance for the help. I really appreciate.

 

I have an Inspiron E1705 with Windows Media Center Edition.