If I have a Windows 8.1 disk, do I need to keep partitions for GT70 2OC?

I've run into a few problems so I'm going to be doing a reinstall. My GT70 2OC came with Windows 8, but I have 8.1 on a thumb drive. Is there any reason I would need any of the saved partitions such as the recovery partition or can I reformat everything and start fresh? Will I be fine if I download the drivers from the MSI website? Is there anything else I might need to make sure the laptop functions as well as before?
Thanks for your help!

Quote from: knigel on 24-January-15, 12:48:54
I've run into a few problems so I'm going to be doing a reinstall. My GT70 2OC came with Windows 8, but I have 8.1 on a thumb drive. Is there any reason I would need any of the saved partitions such as the recovery partition or can I reformat everything and start fresh? Will I be fine if I download the drivers from the MSI website? Is there anything else I might need to make sure the laptop functions as well as before?
Thanks for your help!
I would suggest you to create 2nd tumb drive with recovery from laptop for future use incase etc you want to sell laptop in future and new owner wants it's default stuff then you can restore it once you created that you can then format laptop to new os but first make sure new usb has the recovery copy.

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