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My New E1705...how To Formating The Hard Drive

post #1 of 6
9/29/06 at 11:52pm
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Ok. I'm new to laptops. I'm getting this Dell on Monday. I want to get rid of all the addware and crap thats on the hard drive. I dont want to screw anything up. Could some one tell me a link or how to do so in SIMPLE termes how to do this? I dont want to lose Media Direct partision eather if possible. THAT WOULD BE GREAT!!!

Also, here are my specs....

Inspiron E1705, Intel Core 2 Duo processor T7200 (4MB/2.00GHz/667MHz)

17 inch UltraSharp TrueLife Wide-screen WUXGA, for Inspiron 9400/E1705

1GB, DDR2, 533MHz 2 Dimm, for Inspiron 9400/E1705

256MB ATI MOBILITY RADEON X 1400 HyperMemory, for Inspiron9400/E1705

80GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive for Inspiron 9400/E1705

Image Restore

Dell Direct Download

24X Combo CD-RW/DVD, for Inspiron 9400/E1705

OK. My other question is am I able to upgrade the Graphics card? I hear the GForce is better. THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HELP!!!
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post #2 of 6
9/30/06 at 10:27am
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=67545

And no, you are not able to update the graphics card, there are different motherboards for each graphics card so it is completely impossible. Better cancel it and re-order! But yes, the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900GS is a lot better, thus its slightly higher price. But I can tell you, it is WELL worth it, especially for games!!
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post #3 of 6
9/30/06 at 10:40am
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Originally Posted by ricky28269
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=67545

And no, you are not able to update the graphics card, there are different motherboards for each graphics card so it is completely impossible. Better cancel it and re-order! But yes, the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900GS is a lot better, thus its slightly higher price. But I can tell you, it is WELL worth it, especially for games!!


That is INCORRECT!! YES!!! You can upgrade the graphics card in an E1705 that comes with an ATI X1400 to a nVidia 7900GS.

The motherboards are the same. The one that is different, is the E1705 that comes with integrated video (Intel).

I have done an upgrade of an E1705 that came with X1400 up to a 7900GS. Simply take the E1705 apart, and unscrew the video card. Pop it off, put the new on one, screw it down, and put your E1705 back together. 15-20 minutes tops. Very easy. No having to reapply thermal grease or anything. The upgrade is very "modular".

Regarding getting rid of the Dell bloatware, I usually just go through Add/Remove programs and take out what I don't want. Some will say it leaves traces of other stuff behind, and it might, but I've never known it to be a big issue. My notebooks work just as I'd expect. If you want to go through the hassle of reformatting and reloading all the drivers and notebook support software, be my guest. But my opinion is your "return on investment" is pretty low. (ok, I'm now ready to get blasted by all the gear-heads on this forum who's belief (religion) is that reformatting is the ONLY way to go!!)
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post #4 of 6
9/30/06 at 1:04pm
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LOL... Thanks for the info. Yeh...Ill check it out as far as the graphics card. Thanks guys. Yeh...i might just do the old remove program feature.....we will see.
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post #5 of 6
9/30/06 at 1:09pm
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Originally Posted by lancorp
That is INCORRECT!! YES!!! You can upgrade the graphics card in an E1705 that comes with an ATI X1400 to a nVidia 7900GS.

The motherboards are the same. The one that is different, is the E1705 that comes with integrated video (Intel).

I have done an upgrade of an E1705 that came with X1400 up to a 7900GS. Simply take the E1705 apart, and unscrew the video card. Pop it off, put the new on one, screw it down, and put your E1705 back together. 15-20 minutes tops. Very easy. No having to reapply thermal grease or anything. The upgrade is very "modular".

Regarding getting rid of the Dell bloatware, I usually just go through Add/Remove programs and take out what I don't want. Some will say it leaves traces of other stuff behind, and it might, but I've never known it to be a big issue. My notebooks work just as I'd expect. If you want to go through the hassle of reformatting and reloading all the drivers and notebook support software, be my guest. But my opinion is your "return on investment" is pretty low. (ok, I'm now ready to get blasted by all the gear-heads on this forum who's belief (religion) is that reformatting is the ONLY way to go!!)

I ugraded mine to a 7900GTX.
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post #6 of 6
9/30/06 at 2:20pm
When I got mine I just ran the de-crapfier, when through msconfig, checked for any left over crap and it seems good to go. If it seemed slow or had over 40 processes running I might reformatt. Thats just my humble opinion. Also I think you can upgrade from x1400 to 7900, but not from integrated intel.
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