Hi,
I have a 2 year old Samsung laptop with Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit on it and I want to fresh reinstall it. My windows sticker says OA MEA on it and I think this means I need an OEM cd to reinstall windows. I rang Samsung and they say they do not send out CDs, instead I need to run the Samsung recovery by tapping F4 on start up and this will fresh reinstall the OS on C drive. Will that REALLY be a totally new install or just a restore? I want to combine my C and D drives too, can I do this with the recovery program?
I do have a windows 7 home pre 64 bit cd, could I alternatively use that to reinstall windows and would my MS key work with it or not? If I did this would the samsung recovery built into the HD be deleted?
Which option should I go for? Thanks in advance.
I have a 2 year old Samsung laptop with Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit on it and I want to fresh reinstall it. My windows sticker says OA MEA on it and I think this means I need an OEM cd to reinstall windows. I rang Samsung and they say they do not send out CDs, instead I need to run the Samsung recovery by tapping F4 on start up and this will fresh reinstall the OS on C drive. Will that REALLY be a totally new install or just a restore? I want to combine my C and D drives too, can I do this with the recovery program?
I do have a windows 7 home pre 64 bit cd, could I alternatively use that to reinstall windows and would my MS key work with it or not? If I did this would the samsung recovery built into the HD be deleted?
Which option should I go for? Thanks in advance.