Re-installing Pre-installed Windows

If you know what I have been up to these past weekends (and also Eid!) then you'd know that on my laptop, which came installed with Windows 7, I wanted to install Ubuntu, on a separate partition. Basically, I wanted one partition for Windows, one for Ubuntu, one for combined data that's accessible from both of these OSes, and the fourth one is always used up by system, so one doesn't really have choice.

So you have got your new laptop and it came pre installed with windows 7. You're happy you got the original windows, no pirated software for you! At least no pirated operating system. Anyway, so you're having a look and there is plenty of applications already installed. If this is your first time with an OEM (original equipment manufacturer) installed OS, you're like Wow! so many apps to explore. But if you're experienced, or it's been a week or more since you've been 'exploring' your system, you either already know what Bloatware is or you're uninstalling the crap that sponsored your OEM and installing your favorite software.

One way to get rid of all the bloatware is to un-install all the software you don't want. That's all nice and good, but what if you run later wanna re-install windows? You'd do the entire uninstall-crapware-install-favoriteware thing again? Exactly.