The Glade 4.0

So I decided not to use the recovery partition; but everything I am reading lists a clean reload of windows vista as being a lot more complicated than anything previous.

Anyone have any tips? or is it a simple "drop in the OS disk, boot to it.. delete the recovery partition and the main partition and recreate those drives and GO!"

I am trying to get this done within the next day so I can continue my class on Friday night.

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Darksiege
Traveller, Calé, Whisperer
Lead me not into temptation; for I know a shortcut

More complicated? News to me. Go for it.

The mechanics of what Vista installs is more complicated, in some ways, but it's completely transparent to the user.

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"Aaaah! Emotions are weird!" - Amdee
"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades

If you are going to reload the OS, why not upgrade to.W7?

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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. B. Franklin

"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones

This.

Especially since with an .edu email address you can get it for $30.

Oooh. Know of any way to get a .edu email address without being in school? :p

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But master you in luck 'cause up your sleeves you got a brand of magic never fails...
...Mister Aladdin, sir, What will your pleasure be?
Let me take your order, Jot it down -You ain't never had a friend like me
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Work for one.

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"Aaaah! Emotions are weird!" - Amdee
"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades

I'm not sure that, in itself, works. I was looking at the Windows 7 page to see how that $30 deal worked, because one of the faculty members had asked about it.

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Buckle your pants or they might fall down.

Worked for me,

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"Dress cops up as soldiers, give them military equipment, train them in military tactics, tell them they’re fighting a ‘war,’ and the consequences are predictable." —Radley Balko