Clean installation of Windows 7

[qbektrix]

Hi,

I am a new thinkpad user, I have a T410i. I have the trial version of mircosoft office and many other apps in the machine which was already installed in the system when i bought it. I want to format it and do a fresh installation with just all the necessary apps.

Also, I have a c: & q: drive in my machine. I want to partition the c: drive. Is there any app in thinkpad that will do the work?

Lastly, q: drive is named lenovo. Is it necessary??? Should i keep it or format????

[Harryc]

Q is the recovery partition. If you delete it you won't be able to recover to a factory image. Here's some information on partitioning in Windows 7.
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/26 ... hrink.html

[qbektrix]

Thank you.