Beware the Restore Disk....
Beware the Restore Disk.... Posted on: 19.02.2011 by Len Lukawski Evening Squires and Squirrels, I am just working through rebuilding a new laptop that I purchased this week. Before I blew it away I wanted to see where it was at in terms of resource load once booted up using the shipped install. The amount of pointless trial apps and stoolware was no better or worse than other machines. Once everything was loaded up Windows was into 1.5GB of my RAM. I like to use RAM as a gauge even though there are many other variables. Performance Monitor after booting into default Factory load of Win Home Premium. Once I did the format and reload with Win 7 Ultimate the figure dropped down to around 900MB. If go through my strip-down process I will likely drop that number again to 500MB-600MB like I have on a couple of other boxes. The moral of the story: If you are looking to solve a problem (S4 related or not) or optimize your system through an OS reload - DON'T USE THE MANUFACTURER'S RESTORE/RECOVER DISK. It's a school boy tip but it might save someone a few hours banging their head against a brick wall. | |
| Mandy Lupone 19.02.2011 | I tried CCleaner to, but if the OS is so F**# |
| Mandy Lupone 19.02.2011 | I tried CCleaner to, but if the OS is so F**# |
| Mandy Lupone 19.02.2011 | I tried CCleaner to, but if the OS is so F**# |
| Mandy Lupone 19.02.2011 | I tried CCleaner to, but if the OS is so F**# |
| Mandy Lupone 19.02.2011 | I tried CCleaner to, but if the OS is so F**# |
| Mandy Lupone 19.02.2011 | I tried CCleaner to, but if the OS is so F**# |
| Mandy Lupone 19.02.2011 | I tried CCleaner to, but if the OS is so F**# |
| Mandy Lupone 19.02.2011 | I tried CCleaner to, but if the OS is so F**# |
| Mandy Lupone 19.02.2011 | I tried CCleaner to, but if the OS is so F**# |
| Mandy Lupone 19.02.2011 | I tried CCleaner to, but if the OS is so F**# |
| Andree Ganas 19.02.2011 |
Originally Posted by Waterfree
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| Mandy Lupone 19.02.2011 | Amen to that! Fresh clean install, with no extra mediacenter, free 60 day trials and other S |
| Hailey Westen 19.02.2011 |
Originally Posted by rhombus_77
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| Mandy Lupone 19.02.2011 | I tried CCleaner to, but if the OS is so F**# |
| Andree Ganas 19.02.2011 |
Originally Posted by Waterfree
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| Andree Ganas 19.02.2011 |
Originally Posted by Waterfree
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| Mandy Lupone 19.02.2011 | Amen to that! Fresh clean install, with no extra mediacenter, free 60 day trials and other S |
| Len Lukawski 19.02.2011 | Evening Squires and Squirrels, I am just working through rebuilding a new laptop that I purchased this week. Before I blew it away I wanted to see where it was at in terms of resource load once booted up using the shipped install. The amount of pointless trial apps and stoolware was no better or worse than other machines. Once everything was loaded up Windows was into 1.5GB of my RAM. I like to use RAM as a gauge even though there are many other variables. Performance Monitor after booting into default Factory load of Win Home Premium. Once I did the format and reload with Win 7 Ultimate the figure dropped down to around 900MB. If go through my strip-down process I will likely drop that number again to 500MB-600MB like I have on a couple of other boxes. The moral of the story: If you are looking to solve a problem (S4 related or not) or optimize your system through an OS reload - DON'T USE THE MANUFACTURER'S RESTORE/RECOVER DISK. It's a school boy tip but it might save someone a few hours banging their head against a brick wall. |
| Len Lukawski 19.02.2011 | The only real way to remove 100% of an application is to not install it in the first place |
| Hailey Westen 19.02.2011 |
Originally Posted by rhombus_77
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| Mandy Lupone 19.02.2011 | I tried CCleaner to, but if the OS is so F**# |
| Brunilda Kora 19.02.2011 | I did wonder... |
| Leeanna Ayla 19.02.2011 | Please no torrent discussion. That includes the moral/legal issues of their use and wether or not it's okay. |
| Brunilda Kora 19.02.2011 | If you're worried about the bloatware that comes with OEM installs, just download an OS by torrent. You will already have a license for the software (it'll be on a sticker on your machine). Install the torrent OS, use your legit license/serial, and your sorted for a clean install. Then you'll just need to optimise it by removing the windows componants and turning off the services that you don't use. I have NO PROBLEM downloading a torrent file for software I have already paid for a license for! |
| Andree Ganas 19.02.2011 | Nope. It is basically works just like Add/Remove Programs, except instead of having to manually install individual programs, it removes all bloatware/crapware programs sequentially at once. It is kind of like a batch file. It does leave dll files and the like, like Add/Remove Programs does. Just out of curiosity, have you had any problems with the "cleaning" program CCleaner? I have used it quite successfully for a few years, although I really don't have a reason to use it other than being anal. Would you recommend against it? |
| Mandy Lupone 19.02.2011 | Maybe i start recomend it, does it crash your registry like all the other so called "cleaning" programs do? |
| Andree Ganas 19.02.2011 |
Originally Posted by Waterfree
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| Mandy Lupone 19.02.2011 | Lol, believe its better to do it manualy, but not all of us are geeks and into computers |
| Andree Ganas 19.02.2011 |
Originally Posted by Waterfree
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| Mandy Lupone 19.02.2011 | Amen to that! Fresh clean install, with no extra mediacenter, free 60 day trials and other S |
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