Great device, but woe to Windows should be reinstalled

Great device, but woe to Windows should be reinstalled

Samsung NP530U3C-A01DE 33.8 cm (13.3 inches) Ultrabook (Intel Core i5 3317U, 1.7GHz, 6GB RAM, 500GB HDD, Intel HD, Win 7 HP) Silver (Personal Computers)
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Customer Review

At the device has been so much written, I would like at this point look at a different aspect of the device:

The installation of Windows 7 can be an adventure.

I am not a fan of pre-installed equipment, these recovery partitions are not my best friends, but they take a useless space.

For years, is my first approach: backup the entire hard drive, delete hard disk, repartition and install Windows fresh and without "bloatware" (Advertising).

Who is 5 530U3CA01 going exactly in this Samsung Series certainly notice that the device strictly speaking 2 hard disks. A conventional 500GB drive and a 24GB Express Cache. Who is this 24GB Express Cache also deletes then associated problems with it to install Windows because the EC is drive 0!

This is likely to bring for some users considerable problems! In forums this issue is often discussed.

So do not forget backup (sector by sector; for example with Acronis!) Start and only then with the new installation!

The device itself like it very much. A star deduction for the unfriendly Windows installation!

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