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Factory load software or reformat and reload?
Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 5:57 pm
by wpwood3
Just curious...
My new T60 is a very fast computer but it seems like all that speed is being sapped by all the bloatware in the factory install. I'm considering reformatting and simply adding back the things I need and nothing more.
What are others doing?
Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 6:02 pm
by pundit
That sounds like a good idea. It is what I plan to do, at least before I remove windows entirely.
Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 6:09 pm
by jobes
Scotchdiver and I just had a discussion on this.
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=22263
Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 6:18 pm
by ScotchDiver
Reformat to get the extra 4GB from the recovery partition and clean out the junkware.
See this thread for directions:
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=22263
Edit: Jinx
Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 6:53 pm
by wpwood3
Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 7:54 pm
by serpico
I went with Option #3 - Reformat but keep hidden partition.
Some notes from my experience:
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... 671#141671
Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 7:56 pm
by dr_st
It seemed to me that prior to T60 they didn't put so much junkware. So I just removed the preinstalled apps I didn't need.
Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 8:52 pm
by ScotchDiver
I tried that first, but none of the Norton apps would uninstall. They'd just hang at about the 50% point.
Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 9:19 pm
by tfflivemb2
I like to do a fresh install everytime. I just backup my "my Docs" folder and my "Favorites".
Call house cleaning, if you will.
Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 9:23 pm
by RaysMD
hey guys, this was the thread that I used to make my windows install cd from all the files located on the hard drive.
An important step is to make a WINNT.SIF file. Make sure you get the IBM OEM CD key from the unattend.txt file
here's the thread
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... f&start=30