[COLOR="DarkRed"]I recently bought a Compaq Presario V3000 notebook, with Vista installed. [/COLOR]It does not have the Windows Vista installer, instead it has a copy of all the files in C drive and some other files. I would not have purchased a notebook with Windows installed, if I knew that I would not get the installation CD along with the package! I would have bought it separately...

This is not a safe way to store the installer files! If my notebook were to be affected by any virus, then all these recovery files would also get infected.

I tried using the Recovery Manager to make a copy of the files in the recovery partition, but 2 among the DVD is corrupted. [COLOR="DarkRed"]What can be done to again make another set of DVD with the recovery partition files? [/COLOR]It does not allow me to make another set again!

I also noticed that the installation that came with the notebook had some worthless software pre-installed with the computer. [COLOR="Sienna"]How do I remove these programs and files without affecting the functions? [/COLOR]I do not want the HP customized Help section, but want the actual Windows Vista Help files. I do not want the other HP programs either.

[COLOR="DarkRed"]Is it possible to view all the files on the D drive, such that I can remove the unwanted files before the next installation. [/COLOR]When I set the "Folder Options" to display system files then I get a list of files and folders. It now shows me a message that it is a recovery partition and should not be modified. Do any of the files such as "BLOCK.RIN" and "PROTECT>ED" change the protection setting?

Thanks. All comments will be helpful...

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