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Personaly , when i blank , reformat , and repartition a HD , I load windows , get that setup and stable , then load the newest version of Norton i can get my hands on , get that setup and stable , then start with all the updates , service packs , virious deffanitions , etc,,, then scan , scan , scan , test test test , benchmarks and all
THEN I load other software , and see how it is doing and Then tweek it to the way I like it ,

In my experence service disks from some PC "manufactures " load CRAP !!! Some if not ALL DELLs will create a small partition on your HD for diognostic and admin stuff ,
in the older days this could be a problem , if a prog was looking to read from drive D: and drive D: was said partition , or Scusii cards had problems finding drive letters for various things , or network cards and soft ware freaking because there was 2 drive D:'s , weird stuff that would make you PULL your hair out !!!!!!!