Hey,
First some background:
I've bought a new laptop today (Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 14 59426614, and upgraded the HDD to a SSD). This is my first laptop (I always preferred desktop computers and only bought this for studying) so I don't really understand about laptops.
I tried bringing it to working conditions by 1. removing all things I thought were bloatware and 2. repartitioning all those weird empty spaces into 1 partition (I thought they were there because the store that installed the ssd did a bad job, only later found out it was the recovery partition).
And for the questions:
Is it okay to do a clean install of windows 8.1 (another point is that I can't find the product key, but I guess I can get it) or do laptops do need need all that programs that they come with?
If the latter than how could I get the contents of my recovery partition back?
In general, what would you recommend in this situation for someone that is good with computers but is pretty novice in laptops.
Thanks.
First some background:
I've bought a new laptop today (Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 14 59426614, and upgraded the HDD to a SSD). This is my first laptop (I always preferred desktop computers and only bought this for studying) so I don't really understand about laptops.
I tried bringing it to working conditions by 1. removing all things I thought were bloatware and 2. repartitioning all those weird empty spaces into 1 partition (I thought they were there because the store that installed the ssd did a bad job, only later found out it was the recovery partition).
And for the questions:
Is it okay to do a clean install of windows 8.1 (another point is that I can't find the product key, but I guess I can get it) or do laptops do need need all that programs that they come with?
If the latter than how could I get the contents of my recovery partition back?
In general, what would you recommend in this situation for someone that is good with computers but is pretty novice in laptops.
Thanks.