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<blockquote data-quote="WayneF" data-source="post: 300219" data-attributes="member: 12496">One Opinion: Clean install of 8 is probably not much better than a Clean 7 install followed by 8 upgrade.&nbsp; They have designed that to work OK.The main idea of &quot;clean&quot; is to bypass years of user tampering and additions and upgrades, etc.&nbsp; But if all concerned is clean, it does not seem a big deal.Normally, MS downloads optionally can include an ISO file, which can be burnt to DVD, to create an install DVD.&nbsp; If you have such a file, OS with extension .iso, this is it.&nbsp; You have to select ISO when you burn it.&nbsp; Then it will be bootable install DVD.Any Dell I ever saw had a restoreable version of the OS, as shipped.&nbsp;&nbsp; There are two hidden partitions on the Dell disk. They have done the equivalent of a disk image backup into one of them, and the other small one contains a disk restore program, probably True Image.&nbsp; This restore is&nbsp; accessed by the F8 key at boot time.&nbsp; See <a href="http://www.dell.com/support/troubleshooting/us/en/19/KCS/KcsArticles/ArticleView?c=&amp;l=&amp;s=&amp;docid=52182" target="_blank">How To Restore or Reinstall Microsoft Windows on a Dell Computer | Dell US</a>Then, it will be the same as the first day&nbsp; you received it.&nbsp; Of course, it wont have any of the years of updates, or the programs you have installed.Therefore, the point is, however you manage it, and you get the new installation like you want it, then get yourself a disk image backup program, and and external backup disk drive, so you can make a good copy of it, and simply restore it next time there is a problem.&nbsp; Back it up again, frequently, like every couple of weeks.&nbsp; Then, at any big problem or little problem or even a whim,&nbsp; it takes like 15 minutes to simply restore your backup, and be back where you where when you backed it up.&nbsp;&nbsp; Very good practice.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WayneF, post: 300219, member: 12496"] One Opinion: Clean install of 8 is probably not much better than a Clean 7 install followed by 8 upgrade. They have designed that to work OK. The main idea of "clean" is to bypass years of user tampering and additions and upgrades, etc. But if all concerned is clean, it does not seem a big deal. Normally, MS downloads optionally can include an ISO file, which can be burnt to DVD, to create an install DVD. If you have such a file, OS with extension .iso, this is it. You have to select ISO when you burn it. Then it will be bootable install DVD. Any Dell I ever saw had a restoreable version of the OS, as shipped. There are two hidden partitions on the Dell disk. They have done the equivalent of a disk image backup into one of them, and the other small one contains a disk restore program, probably True Image. This restore is accessed by the F8 key at boot time. See [URL="http://www.dell.com/support/troubleshooting/us/en/19/KCS/KcsArticles/ArticleView?c=&l=&s=&docid=52182"]How To Restore or Reinstall Microsoft Windows on a Dell Computer | Dell US[/URL] Then, it will be the same as the first day you received it. Of course, it wont have any of the years of updates, or the programs you have installed. Therefore, the point is, however you manage it, and you get the new installation like you want it, then get yourself a disk image backup program, and and external backup disk drive, so you can make a good copy of it, and simply restore it next time there is a problem. Back it up again, frequently, like every couple of weeks. Then, at any big problem or little problem or even a whim, it takes like 15 minutes to simply restore your backup, and be back where you where when you backed it up. Very good practice. [/QUOTE]

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