Dell xps 13 clean install?

[BeyondRico]

Hi there,

So i orderded the new dell xps 13, it will be full of dell crap so i wanted to do a clean install.

Does one of you know if its just formating the whole drive and put a clean install on it ore do i need to do somthing speciaal to achive this?

[EpicGeekonFire]

Just go to Reset this PC in Settings.

 

This should be similar with Windows 8. I am on 10. 

[Arty]

Just go to Reset this PC in Settings.

 

This should be similar with Windows 8. I am on 10. 

i would just download pcdecrapafier

[techguru]

Hi there,

So i orderded the new dell xps 13, it will be full of dell crap so i wanted to do a clean install.

Does one of you know if its just formating the whole drive and put a clean install on it ore do i need to do somthing speciaal to achive this?

yes you can

just make sure you install the same version of windows

it will probably have 8.1 on it

need to use a usb stick since it has no dvd drive

 

 

and good for you clean installing a new oem pc...always the right thing to do

 

(look at the lenovo crap)

I always clean install new pc's from oems

[kameshss]

Just go to Reset this PC in Settings.

 

This should be similar with Windows 8. I am on 10. 

After Resetting it'll not be a Vanilla windows. It'll be as same as it booted up for first time. ie with all craps.

 

Hi there,

So i orderded the new dell xps 13, it will be full of dell crap so i wanted to do a clean install.

Does one of you know if its just formating the whole drive and put a clean install on it ore do i need to do somthing speciaal to achive this?

Clean Installation recommended.

 

I could recommend PCDecrapifier, But as it leaves some leftovers and registry entries. So yeah CLEAN INSTALLATION.

[EpicGeekonFire]

After Resetting it'll not be a Vanilla windows. It'll be as same as it booted up for first time. ie with all craps.

 

Clean Installation recommended.

 

I could recommend PCDecrapifier, But as it leaves some leftovers and registry entries. So yeah CLEAN INSTALLATION.

 

WTH is this then?

 

[kameshss]

WTH is this then?

 

IDK, Sorry.

 

 

On one of my friend's HP laptop, we did Reset. But it all came back like at first.

I think it retrieved it from recovery partition.

[techguru]

WTH is this then?

 

 

its close to a clean install..but its not really perfect

partitons should be redone to

[BeyondRico]

yes you can

just make sure you install the same version of windows

it will probably have 8.1 on it

need to use a usb stick since it has no dvd drive

 

 

and good for you clean installing a new oem pc...always the right thing to do

 

(look at the lenovo crap)

I always clean install new pc's from oems

But the partitions dell has made are they not formatted in a strange way so windows cannot install on them when i delete them?

[techguru]

But the partitions dell has made are they not formatted in a strange way so windows cannot install on them when i delete them?

if they can't be deleted from the windows installer

then you need to use the diskpart tool from the windows installer..that will get rid of them

[BeyondRico]

if they can't be deleted from the windows installer

then you need to use the diskpart tool from the windows installer..that will get rid of them

Oke, I will try it when it's arrived. i will reply if something goes wrong haha

[Satlen]

Just make a USB install drive and then delete all the partitions and reinstall. Its the only way to really make sure you get everything. Also, download drivers from the dell website before you delete everything.

[BeyondRico]

Just make a USB install drive and then delete all the partitions and reinstall. Its the only way to really make sure you get everything. Also, download drivers from the dell website before you delete everything.

Yes i know how a clean install works, but my question was if the partitions are all NTFS formatted. so if i delete them it will be one drive with the total of 256GB(i know it will be les)

[Satlen]

Yes i know how a clean install works, but my question was if the partitions are all NTFS formatted. so if i delete them it will be one drive with the total of 256GB(i know it will be les)

 

Delete all the partitions so that it says unallocated space and chose that to install windows on. Windows installer will automatically format a new recovery partition and os partition and install it properly.

[BeyondRico]

Delete all the partitions so that it says unallocated space and chose that to install windows on. Windows installer will automatically format a new recovery partition and os partition and install it properly.

You still don't get it, if the other partitions are not NTFS formatted it will not make "one" drive. like techguru is saying i need to go in diskpart to format them the ride way

[Satlen]

You still don't get it, if the other partitions are not NTFS formatted it will not make "one" drive. like techguru is saying i need to go in diskpart to format them the ride way

No you dont, if you delete a partition, you can reformat it to another file system type. So it will all be one.

 

Let me explain this in detail. When you buy a hard drive, it is nothing but blank space. No file system, nothing. Once you format the hard drive, you get to choose what file system you want to use. This means that you are able to delete partitions on a drive as well and change them to whatever you want. You actually dont even have to delete the partitions, you can just reformat them to another file system. So it is possible for you to delete the partitions and reformat them.

[techguru]

No you dont, if you delete a partition, you can reformat it to another file system type. So it will all be one.

 

Let me explain this in detail. When you buy a hard drive, it is nothing but blank space. No file system, nothing. Once you format the hard drive, you get to choose what file system you want to use. This means that you are able to delete partitions on a drive as well and change them to whatever you want. You actually dont even have to delete the partitions, you can just reformat them to another file system. So it is possible for you to delete the partitions and reformat them.

what it sounds like he's saying tho is that the dell has some system level locked partitions

and the only way to delete those kind is to use diskpart

[Satlen]

what it sounds like he's saying tho is that the dell has some system level locked partitions

and the only way to delete those kind is to use diskpart

 

Oh still confusing to me why you wouldnt be able to delete a partition with a partition tool. Whatever lol

[BeyondRico]

what it sounds like he's saying tho is that the dell has some system level locked partitions

and the only way to delete those kind is to use diskpart

 

 

Oh still confusing to me why you wouldnt be able to delete a partition with a partition tool. Whatever lol

he still not getting it, the partitions i am talking about are a little more advanced to format just with the windows installer. so the only way is to delete them with diskpart.

[techguru]

he still not getting it, the partitions i am talking about are a little more advanced to format just with the windows installer. so the only way is to delete them with diskpart.

can't really blame him...you don't often see locked/system level partitions

most people don't know how to get rid of them