Reformatting Windows 7 confusion

OtakuBakaA

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I recently bought a notebook, and windows 7 was already partitioned in the C drive as a hidden drive. Since the OS came with a bunch of programs that i did not need, I would like to reformat my notebook with my own windows 7 cd so its a clean install without the junky programs. I would like to know if doing this will also wipe out the OS partition that is currently on the C' Drive? Any clarifications would be appreciated. xD
 
It sounds like that is what you want. Depending on what version of 7 you have, there is an upgrade option, but it probably won't let you upgrade from 7 to 7. I would just do a clean install. You will probably want to click on Advanced options during set up and delete all the partitions. Then, when you install to the unformatted space, 2 partitions will be created. One 100MB partition for booting and the rest of the drive for the OS and your files.
 
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