The HP Laptop Out-Of-The-Box Guide 2.0 for Windows 7

[v3loc1ty2.0]

I used ABR and it's working, they have a win7 beta out.
The other forums was from a similar guide on here for i processor laptops.

cool, i didnt see the update :P

[mullenk]

Here is a guide with recommendations of out of how to optimize your HP laptop straight out of the box.

The HP Laptop Out-Of-The-Box-Guide Windows 7 Edition

2. If you have access to a Windows 7 disc (The original disc from step 1.1, NOT recovery discs from step 1) use this app to backup your original activation: download: http://www.gazup.com/PT6Ml-win7activ...wnload-mirrors source: Clean Vista install WITH NO ACTIVATION - make sure you keep the program and the backup file it makes on a flash drive or cd so that you can restore it once you reinstall
This will back up your original OEM cert and key, which will allow you to reactivate without the mess usually necessary to activate with the key on the bottom of the laptop.

Pop in the dvd/usb drive and install windows 7

Once the Win7 has booted up after the reinstall, use the program above to restore your oem activation.

Once you have done this, Proceed to step 4, as you do not need to uninstall any bloatware

so if I have the win 7 disc from step 1.1 and I follow step 2 then all of the bloatware that came on my computer is completely gone after the new install?
if this is the case then can i install just certain chosen programs from my recovery disk if I decide I want to use them and can't get them elsewhere?

also do i need to delete any of the files from my computer made when creating the disks in step 1.1 (after making disks or usb of course) or will these disappear with the clean install too?

sorry if these questions are dumb, I am a newbie....but everything I've done so far has gone perfectly fine

[v3loc1ty2.0]

so if I have the win 7 disc from step 1.1 and I follow step 2 then all of the bloatware that came on my computer is completely gone after the new install?
if this is the case then can i install just certain chosen programs from my recovery disk if I decide I want to use them and can't get them elsewhere?

also do i need to delete any of the files from my computer made when creating the disks in step 1.1 (after making disks or usb of course) or will these disappear with the clean install too?

sorry if these questions are dumb, I am a newbie....but everything I've done so far has gone perfectly fine

1. Yes, the bloatware will be completely gone, along with anything else on the drive.

2. Yes, you can reinstall select programs

3. Everything will be erased during installation (make sure at the partition select window you erase the partition and make a new one, otherwise everything old gets thrown into the Windows.old folder in your new install)

[mullenk]

thanks, this place is awesome and really helpful.

I hope everything else goes off without a hitch. Will update when done

[mullenk]

Everything will be erased during installation (make sure at the partition select window you erase the partition and make a new one, otherwise everything old gets thrown into the Windows.old folder in your new install)

Alright so I chose custom (advanced) for install, then the next window asks me where I want to install windows
total free
Partition 1: SYSTEM ( G: ) 199MB 165MB System
Partition 2: ( C: ) 451.8GB 416.3GB Primary
Partition 3: Recovery ( D: ) 13.7GB 2.3GB Primary
Partition 4: HP_TOOLS ( E: ) 103MB 92MB Primary

options to refresh, load driver
says to make changes to partition restart windows from install disk

where do I go from here?? I wanna make sure I select/erase/make the right partition

haha starting to think that if I have these types of questions then maybe i should be doing this by myself...but it seems simple enough

[v3loc1ty2.0]

if you made recovery discs, erase all of the partitions, otherwise, erase only partitions 1 and 2 (the installer will recreate the first partition anyway)

[mullenk]

if you made recovery discs, erase all of the partitions, otherwise, erase only partitions 1 and 2 (the installer will recreate the first partition anyway)

thanks for the reply but i'm not sure it fully answers my question...
I have made recovery disks/backed up everything i need to
I guess im just confused because i dont know when/how to delete the partitions

maybe this noob should just quit now

*edit* sorry i think i found what i need to know, thanks again for the other info *edit*

[mullenk]

Yeah clean install done perfectly thanks to this and other places across the web.

Now I just need to get my wireless connection back, install updates/drivers and I should be good to go.

[JDoobs]

Just a quick questions regarding the backup disk. Does the HP backup utility (which is what I assume you use) have an option to create and iso for later burning? Or is it sort of a burn-straight-to-disk deal?

[v3loc1ty2.0]

Just a quick questions regarding the backup disk. Does the HP backup utility (which is what I assume you use) have an option to create and iso for later burning? Or is it sort of a burn-straight-to-disk deal?

you have to burn directly to dvd, but then immediately rip the dvds as isos with a program like imgburn and keep the isos on an external Hdd