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Originally Posted by stracing
yes i kinda felt the extra software was bogging it down.
in the future, if i use the recovery cds, are there options not to install those extra software? all i need is the OS and drivers.
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i dont remember what it was like with our Vaio(desktop), but with my dell laptop, and every dell i've ever unpacked/setup, they come with one disk for OS reinstall, one disk for drivers and diagnostics, and seperate other disks for all their bullshit addons. dell does it nicely, I think Sony did it like that too, but I really dont remember.
and beware, first thing i did when i got my laptop was wipe it out to get rid of the crapware, and more importantly destroy XP Home, and install XP Pro. i went to reinstall the drivers and found that the CD didnt come with a driver for the NIC. lovely. no nic, no connection to the internet. i used my other computer to grab the driver, and wouldnt you know it, the file is bigger than a floppy, besides i didnt get a floppy drive with it anyways. fun, huh? :roll:
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