Asus laptop recovery disc question

[thenry]

thanks for the correction

Originally Posted by thenry

why not? whats so wrong about a fresh install apart from having to download and install certain drivers/software/utilities from the manufacturers site. An installer with the latest updates/service pack integrated is a major plus.

Most users will not want to do it its out of their range.

Most "installers" unless you make your own with integrated updates/service packs will be warez.

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Originally Posted by LSainsbury

BTW....it's not Bloatware - it's called Crapware....there is a difference.

Bloatware is where software increases in size - like Windows to add new features.

Crapware is software loaded by the OEM that you may not want.

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And how do you know that that removes all the dll's, reg entries and other crap. You don't. The best way is a virgin install.

Unused dlls and reg entries will do nothing. There is no benefit in clearing registry entries as its only a database and it will make no difference.

[thenry]

Originally Posted by tizmeinnit

Most users will not want to do it its out of their range.

as it is here but down-burn-install is no different to down-burn-play which people picked up on pretty quick.

Originally Posted by tizmeinnit

Most "installers" unless you make your own with integrated updates/service packs will be warez.

the stick key is legit. no it doesnt make it ok but the keys legit.

Originally Posted by tizmeinnit

Unused dlls and reg entries will do nothing. There is no benefit in clearing registry entries as its only a database and it will make no difference.

not true. its just more unwanted crap which you cant fully escape without a proper clean fresh install.

Originally Posted by thenry

as it is here but down-burn-install is no different to down-burn-play which people picked up on pretty quick.



the stick key is legit. no it doesnt make it ok but the keys legit.



not true. its just more unwanted crap which you cant fully escape without a proper clean fresh install.

with your dodgy bit of pirated crap??

I would never run a warez release of any critical software ie OS or AV simply because its been messed with by someone that is not me.

it is true they are tiny files that do nothing

[thenry]

Originally Posted by tizmeinnit

with your dodgy bit of pirated crap??

crap depending on where youve got it from.

Originally Posted by tizmeinnit

I would never run a warez release of any critical software ie OS or AV simply because its been messed with by someone that is not me.

again depending on where you get the OS build from, it can be trusted.

Originally Posted by tizmeinnit

it is true they are tiny files that do nothing

tiny they may be but combined they just sit and clog up.

They do not clog up anything. Gone are the days of the 100 MegaByte hard drive

[thenry]

performance suffers

There is no performance gain from registry cleaners this is easily proven and has been proven on CF in the past. A few dlls with no program attached will just take a few meg in space and do nothing to the performance of the machine.


A .dll by its very nature requires an exe file to activate it if the program is removed there is not exe file and the .dll file will not be able to run.

[thenry]

thats your opinion. im not talking about adding crap. im on about getting rid. a fresh install would do that perfectly.

for those who know what they are but not everyone does. The idea of tech support to give the client a simple solution to their issue not offer them more complicated matters than is required

I want my 203k of drive space that that pesky dll is talking up, godamit!!!

[Osem]

Well anyway, the Asus is up and running and Osem Jnr is delighted with his new machine which seems just as fast as our i3 desktop pc. Thanks for the advice and rest assured we'll be back for more if it all goes pear shaped...

[nffc]

Originally Posted by thenry

performance suffers

Please substantiate...

[thenry]

in my time exploring ive personally found a system thats clog up with leftover files has a negative bearing on performance

Originally Posted by thenry

in my time exploring ive personally found a system thats clog up with leftover files has a negative bearing on performance

what you have more likely found is a corruption caused by a program that has not been uninstalled correctly rather than the left over files. This can happen on any system thats why a restore point or image should be made before undertaking major clean ups. Ive got a folder with a few mp3s in there they do nothing unless I run the principle is the same a dll or other left over files will do nothing unless it is run by a program.

I stand by my original point and that is a complete reinstall is overkill unless you are experienced and removing crapware from a new computer is simple. Another point with computers being so quick nowadays this crapware only tends to effect start up times and the simple solution to this is run msconfig stop it all running from boot then install your av of choice and your system will be fine. Its not like we are running windows 98 with 32 meg of ram and a 2 gig hdd is it