Satellite L500 - check reinstalling Windows

Hi all.

Although still primarily functional, Ive got several problems with my L500, I bought 2 years (win updater, Security Center, a bunch of stupid annoying small things that I have to scour the internet to answer accurately) so I decided to reinstall windows and start from scratch instead of trying to deal with each of them individually. I tried to correct several times now.

Ive never used a laptop before this one so it's a little different from what I used to do when reinstalling windows on my old pc so I thought before going forward, I would check with some experienced cell phone users.

My L500 provided with minimal instructions, a product key and no windows cd. From what I have gathered so far from help documents, surf and a brief discussion today with someone who sells computer gear, that is:

create a "recovery disc" - which windows told me to qualify "ERD in windows 7 64 bit.

Save my data-im buying an external hardrive to 500 GB for the occasion.

format my internal hard drive (UH its right click on * format * isn't?)

insert formatted once everything crowned with wich recovery disc restores my L500 to manufacturers default setting of a score I think remember me the creation of computer when I first turned the thing. (is there a way I can check this? or is it standard?)

It is about the essence of what the guy in the shop told me today. He said it was a much faster alternative to buy a new cd of windows and this from scratch. its also much cheaper.

Thanks in advance.

OK I have a L600 than my old laptop and I reinstalled windows 7 by downloading an iso of windows 7 and burn it to a DVD and use my product key you if it, s the same you have graphics card intel and the chipset, I may be wrong, but mine's so google windows digital river 7 ISO download 64 or 32 according to your taste what you need your wifi driver is too as windows pick nt which places should be able to get support from Toshiba.

I d recommend formatting the whole drive and remove all trash that they pre install if you have a nice clean install but first install you could be a test run to help you detect the drivers, you can use the intel you find your drivers for the chipset and graphics

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