I got my laptop about three weeks ago. I ordered it with a 40GB hhd. It came with so much stuff pre-installed it only had roughly 15GB of free space. After installing necessary programs for school I was left with 11GB. I still need to transfer work/files off my desktop that I need to have, I am afraid this will take a lot more space. Is There a way I can remove all the extra stuff it came with? I've gone into add remove programs and I got it up to 13GB by removing unnecessary programs/software/games. If I do a clean install with the CD I got with it, will it give me an option or is there a way to only install the operating system? I really need the extra space. I didn't know getting a 40GB hhd will only actually give me 15GB of free space.