Re: Dell Garbage and Infinite Install Loop

I, and every advanced user I have ever know, does a format and clean install
as a first step of any new computer purchase.

I bought my laptop from Dell because you can't beat their prices, but would
never even consider buying a pre-built home system (from any manufacturer).

One nice thing about Dell is that if you order (or burn) a reinstallation
disc, it does not contain any of the BS software that systems ship with.
There are some OS settings that are changed from the default, but those can
be changed back relatively easily.

When I got my 600m a few weeks ago, the first thing I did was image the
entire drive (in case I wanted to restore it before selling it in the
future), delete the hidden partitions, create new partitions and do a clean
install of XP Pro.

I'm lucky enough to have MSDNAA so I can get operating systems free. But
even without that you can order or burn reinstallation discs and still do it
yourself.

-Mike

"journey" <rainbow@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 01:25:02 GMT, "Christopher Muto"
<muto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

your purchase price is subsidized by the very things that you complain
about. but i didn't hear you complain about the low price. can't have
your
cake and eat it too... and the solution to the sonic 'insert cd' prompt
is
easy as has been posted here before... google it.

Hi, when I went through solving the insert CD infinite loop, it was
still a needle in a haystack to try to find the solution. There were
many other "solutions" that ran more of a risk of messing up a
person's PC than solving the problem.

Being able to "Google it" doesn't get Dell off the hook for shipping
systems for at least weeks (my experience between my two laptops) with
a known problem that most users could not diagnose and fix on their
own.

If there is a correllation between the garbage installed on a Dell
laptop and purchase price, I wish Dell would provide the option of
buying one at a higher price without the garbage :-)

Again, most users would not know how to clean up an compress the
registry, so they are left with an unnecessarily sluggish system.

I would like to see an option at startup and accessible from a desktop
icon that would enable a user to decide what products to try. That
way they can select them and have the trialware installed. Dell might
be able to offer more trials that way too.

Anyway, I am happy with the price. Free!!! lol But the agency that
purchased it only had to spend just under $1,300 -- not bad for a
loaded system.

Also, whatever the logical reasons for having or not having the system
gunked up with all this trialware, I think it is very therapeutic for
someone to be able to vent about it.

<end of vent> :-)

Journey


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