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October 11th, 2005 18:00
Format & reinstall OS to remove Dell partition...
I'm planning on formatting my HD and reinstalling Windows XP for a fresh install. I'm doing this basically to get rid of the pre-installed hidden Dell partition. If I format and completely erase my HD, will that create problems with my copy of Windows XP? Since I don't have a CD Burner to create the on-drive OS CD, I had Dell send me all my CDs and in talking with the tech on the phone, she said a lot of people do this. About the operating system CD Dell sent me... Will that install only the OS, or will it add the extra Dell garbage?
Denny Denham
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October 11th, 2005 19:00
The CD you received contains Windows XP and nothing else. You can get rid of the hidden Dell restore partition when you do a reinstallation of XP which includes formatting. This will not affect the system's performance under Windows. You may wish to consider creating two partitions as a part of the process (see this. You also may wish to keep the ~35MB FAT partition containing the Dell diagnostics just for convenience in using the diagnostics in the future should you need to.