Any reason not to uninstall all bloatware from new HP laptop?

[gba]

I am setting up an HP G72-261US laptop running Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit and just wanted to be sure there is nothing worth keeping before I started uninstalling everything. I have created the restore disks with HP Tools but was planning to use Acronis True Image from now on, so was considering deleting the D/Recovery and E:/HP_TOOLS partitions once I was done uninstalling. Is there any reason I would need to keep either of these, since I would be restoring from images I create with Acronis from now on?

Thanks in advance for the input.

 

[corkyg]

That is a personal preference decision. I always like to run it a few days first and then decide.

 

[gba]

Thanks for the reply... I have not seen HP Tools do anything so great and I have a sneaking suspicion it is slowing things down at least a little bit.

 

[CurseTheSky]

It's generally best to nuke it and do a fresh reinstall. Make SURE to create the recovery discs first (if available) and backup the swsetup folder in C:\Program Files (x86)

 

[Emulex]

the new hp's will ask you when you do a system restore if you want each of the apps. most consumer lines.

business class low end - i nuke them.

Just grab the slic and key off the win7 cd - install a normal win7, drivers, use the slic and key and you are clean. 100% clean.

it is not possible to remove all the junk they load trust me. you can try.

 

[gba]

Thanks for the replies. I did make the restore disks right out of the box. I have backed up the SwSetup folder (found at root of C partition) uninstalled everything I could find, run CCLeaner, stopped background start ups with AutoRuns and defragged. I am thinking I will make an image of what is left, then just do a fresh install.