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What kind of laptop is it? Most of the laptops I've seen come with a disc to restore the disk to factory condition. This would be the best option as it would partition it correctly and put any OEM software on hidden partitions, if any. It would install all the correct drivers for the hardware and any free software the laptop came with.
If you start with a generic Windows disk, you may have to search the internet for drivers and have to go through Microsoft's procedures to force a format, partition, etc.
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