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New Dell Laptop, Time to Format and Reinstall?
Purchased a Dell XPS 13. Sweet machine, but as always it comes loaded with unnecessary bloat and apps I neither want nor need. With only a 256GB ssd, I figure it's a good idea to wipe the drive and clean install 10. Not being too tech savvy I wanted to throw out a few questions to the brighter minds among us. . .
Is it as simple as downloading Windows 10 onto a thumb drive, plug it in and follow the prompts, wiping the disk and partitions?
Does 10 auto install the necessary drivers, or do I need to do so manually from Dell's site?
Any recommendations on apps/services that can be safely uninstalled or at least turned off to increase performance? Any "must have" tweaks that I should install?
Overall, any advice is appreciated. Thank you!