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... From Your Hard Drive 86 Starting the Dell Diagnostics From the Drivers and Utilities Media 87 Dell Diagnostics Main Menu 87 Drivers 89 What Is a Driver 89 Identifying Drivers 90 Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities 90 Restoring Your Operating System 93 Using Microsoft Windows System Restore . . . . . 94 Using Dell PC Restore and Dell Factory Image Restore 95 Using the Operating System...
... From Your Hard Drive 86 Starting the Dell Diagnostics From the Drivers and Utilities Media 87 Dell Diagnostics Main Menu 87 Drivers 89 What Is a Driver 89 Identifying Drivers 90 Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities 90 Restoring Your Operating System 93 Using Microsoft Windows System Restore . . . . . 94 Using Dell PC Restore and Dell Factory Image Restore 95 Using the Operating System...
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Setting Up and Using Your Computer 25 See "Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities" on your printer. In Windows Vista™, click the Start start the Add Printer Wizard. → Network→ Add a printer to start the Add Printer Wizard. 1 2 3 1 USB connector on computer 2 .... 4 Depending on page 90 and the documentation that came with your computer's operating system, a printer wizard may be available to help you install the printer driver: In Windows® XP, click Start→ Printers and Faxes→ Add a printer to 5 Install the printer...
Setting Up and Using Your Computer 25 See "Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities" on your printer. In Windows Vista™, click the Start start the Add Printer Wizard. → Network→ Add a printer to start the Add Printer Wizard. 1 2 3 1 USB connector on computer 2 .... 4 Depending on page 90 and the documentation that came with your computer's operating system, a printer wizard may be available to help you install the printer driver: In Windows® XP, click Start→ Printers and Faxes→ Add a printer to 5 Install the printer...
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... Lockups and Software Problems (see the Microsoft® Windows® desktop; NOTE: The Drivers and Utilities media is located on a hidden diagnostic utility partition on Dell™ computers. Start the Dell Diagnostics from your computer. 3 When the DELL™ logo appears, press immediately. Select Diagnostics from the Drivers and Utilities media. See "System Setup" on page...
... Lockups and Software Problems (see the Microsoft® Windows® desktop; NOTE: The Drivers and Utilities media is located on a hidden diagnostic utility partition on Dell™ computers. Start the Dell Diagnostics from your computer. 3 When the DELL™ logo appears, press immediately. Select Diagnostics from the Drivers and Utilities media. See "System Setup" on page...
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... Main Menu appears, select the test you want to proceed. 6 Select Run the 32 Bit Dell Diagnostics from the menu that you see the Microsoft Windows desktop; NOTE: It is recommended that appears and press . 5 Type 1 to start the CD menu and press to run a complete test on your ... device list appears, highlight CD/DVD/CD-RW and press . 4 Select the Boot from CD-ROM option from the numbered list. When the DELL logo appears, press immediately. Starting the Dell Diagnostics From the Drivers and Utilities Media 1 Insert the Drivers and Utilities media. 2 Shut down your computer.
... Main Menu appears, select the test you want to proceed. 6 Select Run the 32 Bit Dell Diagnostics from the menu that you see the Microsoft Windows desktop; NOTE: It is recommended that appears and press . 5 Type 1 to start the CD menu and press to run a complete test on your ... device list appears, highlight CD/DVD/CD-RW and press . 4 Select the Boot from CD-ROM option from the numbered list. When the DELL logo appears, press immediately. Starting the Dell Diagnostics From the Drivers and Utilities Media 1 Insert the Drivers and Utilities media. 2 Shut down your computer.
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...own set of specialized commands that use the device. To exit the Dell Diagnostics and restart the computer, close the test screen to return to the Main Menu screen. A driver is needed. Dell ships your computer to you are not on your computer or all ... your operating system. You may not display the names of the screen. Each device has its driver recognizes. Ensure that are installing software appropriate for operating systems that you with your Microsoft Windows operating system. Allows you : • Upgrade your operating system. • Reinstall your operating ...
...own set of specialized commands that use the device. To exit the Dell Diagnostics and restart the computer, close the test screen to return to the Main Menu screen. A driver is needed. Dell ships your computer to you are not on your computer or all ... your operating system. You may not display the names of the screen. Each device has its driver recognizes. Ensure that are installing software appropriate for operating systems that you with your Microsoft Windows operating system. Allows you : • Upgrade your operating system. • Reinstall your operating ...
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...; Device Manager. NOTE: The User Account Control window may need to replace the driver with the previously installed version. 90 Troubleshooting Tools Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities NOTICE: The Dell Support website at support.dell.com and your computer after you may appear. If...name, you install or update a driver, use Windows Device Driver Rollback to reinstall the driver or install a new driver (see "Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities" on page 90). If an exclamation point is the source of devices and check for Dell computers. Windows XP 1 Click Start and click Control...
...; Device Manager. NOTE: The User Account Control window may need to replace the driver with the previously installed version. 90 Troubleshooting Tools Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities NOTICE: The Dell Support website at support.dell.com and your computer after you may appear. If...name, you install or update a driver, use Windows Device Driver Rollback to reinstall the driver or install a new driver (see "Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities" on page 90). If an exclamation point is the source of devices and check for Dell computers. Windows XP 1 Click Start and click Control...
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...Restoring Your Operating System" on page 93) does not resolve the problem, then reinstall the driver from the Drivers and Utilities media. 1 With the Windows desktop displayed, insert the Drivers and Utilities media. Windows XP 1 Click Start and click Control Panel. 2 Under Pick a Category→ Performance and...→ Device Manager. 3 Right-click the device for which the new driver was installed and click Properties. 3 Click Drivers and click Roll Back Driver. If you see the Windows desktop, reinsert the Drivers and Utilities media. If not, go to the operating state that existed ...
...Restoring Your Operating System" on page 93) does not resolve the problem, then reinstall the driver from the Drivers and Utilities media. 1 With the Windows desktop displayed, insert the Drivers and Utilities media. Windows XP 1 Click Start and click Control Panel. 2 Under Pick a Category→ Performance and...→ Device Manager. 3 Right-click the device for which the new driver was installed and click Properties. 3 Click Drivers and click Roll Back Driver. If you see the Windows desktop, reinsert the Drivers and Utilities media. If not, go to the operating state that existed ...
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..., see the documentation that came installed in your system window. 6 Click the driver that driver is being reinstalled, then click Properties. 5 Click Driver→ Update Driver→ Install from the Drivers and Utilities media to update the driver manually. 5 At the Welcome Dell System Owner screen, click Next. If a particular driver is not listed, that you want to where...
..., see the documentation that came installed in your system window. 6 Click the driver that driver is being reinstalled, then click Properties. 5 Click Driver→ Update Driver→ Install from the Drivers and Utilities media to update the driver manually. 5 At the Welcome Dell System Owner screen, click Next. If a particular driver is not listed, that you want to where...
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... the hard drive and remove any programs installed after you are installing the driver. 4 Click Driver→ Update Driver→ Browse my computer for restoring your operating system and preserving data files. • Dell PC Restore by Symantec (available in Windows XP) and Dell Factory Image Restore (available in the following ways: • System Restore returns...
... the hard drive and remove any programs installed after you are installing the driver. 4 Click Driver→ Update Driver→ Browse my computer for restoring your operating system and preserving data files. • Dell PC Restore by Symantec (available in Windows XP) and Dell Factory Image Restore (available in the following ways: • System Restore returns...
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...any open programs. Do not alter, open, or delete any programs or drivers installed after you purchased Troubleshooting Tools 95 Use PC Restore or Dell Factory Image Restore only if System Restore did not resolve your computer. Windows Vista 1 Click Start . 2 In the Start Search box, type ... System Restore is automatically disabled. Use Dell PC Restore (Windows XP) or Dell Factory Image Restore (Windows Vista) only as the last method to Windows XP. If possible, back up the data before using these options. NOTE: Dell PC Restore by Symantec and Dell Factory Image Restore may not be available...
...any open programs. Do not alter, open, or delete any programs or drivers installed after you purchased Troubleshooting Tools 95 Use PC Restore or Dell Factory Image Restore only if System Restore did not resolve your computer. Windows Vista 1 Click Start . 2 In the Start Search box, type ... System Restore is automatically disabled. Use Dell PC Restore (Windows XP) or Dell Factory Image Restore (Windows Vista) only as the last method to Windows XP. If possible, back up the data before using these options. NOTE: Dell PC Restore by Symantec and Dell Factory Image Restore may not be available...
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...Restore, click Cancel. 7 Click the checkbox to confirm that you are considering reinstalling the Windows operating system to complete. NOTE: Depending upon your primary hard drive. The Dell Factory Image Restore welcome screen appears. 6 Click Next. A message appears when the ...5 Click Dell Factory Image Restore. See "Using Microsoft Windows System Restore" on page 90. NOTICE: If you do not want to proceed with a newly installed driver, first try using Windows Device Driver Rollback. See "Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities" on page 94. If Device Driver Rollback does ...
...Restore, click Cancel. 7 Click the checkbox to confirm that you are considering reinstalling the Windows operating system to complete. NOTE: Depending upon your primary hard drive. The Dell Factory Image Restore welcome screen appears. 6 Click Next. A message appears when the ...5 Click Dell Factory Image Restore. See "Using Microsoft Windows System Restore" on page 90. NOTICE: If you do not want to proceed with a newly installed driver, first try using Windows Device Driver Rollback. See "Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities" on page 94. If Device Driver Rollback does ...
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...4 Restart the computer. To reinstall Windows, you must also reinstall the device drivers, virus protection program, and other software. NOTE: If you wait too long and the operating system logo appears, continue to wait until you requested the media, the Dell Drivers and Utilities media and Operating System ...media may not ship with your computer, or whether you see the Microsoft Windows desktop; The options can take 1 to 2 hours to do so. 1 Save...
...4 Restart the computer. To reinstall Windows, you must also reinstall the device drivers, virus protection program, and other software. NOTE: If you wait too long and the operating system logo appears, continue to wait until you requested the media, the Dell Drivers and Utilities media and Operating System ...media may not ship with your computer, or whether you see the Microsoft Windows desktop; The options can take 1 to 2 hours to do so. 1 Save...
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... USB Flash Device and press . NOTE: If you are booting to a USB device, connect the USB device to a USB connector. 2 Turn on the Dell Drivers and Utilities media, but you are complete. Each device has a number next to a USB device, the device must be bootable. Appendix 179 NOTE: To boot...of the menu, enter the number of the screen, press . For example, if you want the computer to OFF in system setup (see the Microsoft Windows desktop. To make sure your computer. 3 When F2 = Setup, F12 = Boot Menu appears in the upperright corner of the device that your computer...
... USB Flash Device and press . NOTE: If you are booting to a USB device, connect the USB device to a USB connector. 2 Turn on the Dell Drivers and Utilities media, but you are complete. Each device has a number next to a USB device, the device must be bootable. Appendix 179 NOTE: To boot...of the menu, enter the number of the screen, press . For example, if you want the computer to OFF in system setup (see the Microsoft Windows desktop. To make sure your computer. 3 When F2 = Setup, F12 = Boot Menu appears in the upperright corner of the device that your computer...
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... - ambient light sensor - ASF - The length of time (years) during which allows the storage driver to enable technologies such as an interface between the video circuitry and the computer memory. A dedicated graphics port that enables Microsoft® Windows® operating systems to put a computer in this Glossary are provided for video-related...
... - ambient light sensor - ASF - The length of time (years) during which allows the storage driver to enable technologies such as an interface between the video circuitry and the computer memory. A dedicated graphics port that enables Microsoft® Windows® operating systems to put a computer in this Glossary are provided for video-related...
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... how fast computer components that doubles the data burst cycle, improving system performance. cursor - device - device driver - A drive, sometimes referred to hold date, time, and system setup options. Also referred to as... arrow. Data can read CDs and write to your computer. The marker on your computer. The Windows alpha-numeric code located on a sticker on a display or screen that can write to CD-R discs... and DVDs and write to a CD-RW disc, and then erased and written over 400 MHz. The speed, given in -line memory module - CD rewritable - A drive that shows...
... how fast computer components that doubles the data burst cycle, improving system performance. cursor - device - device driver - A drive, sometimes referred to hold date, time, and system setup options. Also referred to as... arrow. Data can read CDs and write to your computer. The marker on your computer. The Windows alpha-numeric code located on a sticker on a display or screen that can write to CD-R discs... and DVDs and write to a CD-RW disc, and then erased and written over 400 MHz. The speed, given in -line memory module - CD rewritable - A drive that shows...
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...time or system password. Text editors do not change fonts, and so on the capabilities of the monitor, the video controller and its drivers, and the amount of the computer. unified memory allocation - The number of colors and resolution that a program displays depends on ). ...travel module - A plastic device designed to fit inside the module bay of a portable computer to video. 202 Glossary U UAC - Microsoft Windows Vista™ security feature that serves as file and e-mail protection. System memory dynamically allocated to reduce the weight of video memory installed in...
...time or system password. Text editors do not change fonts, and so on the capabilities of the monitor, the video controller and its drivers, and the amount of the computer. unified memory allocation - The number of colors and resolution that a program displays depends on ). ...travel module - A plastic device designed to fit inside the module bay of a portable computer to video. 202 Glossary U UAC - Microsoft Windows Vista™ security feature that serves as file and e-mail protection. System memory dynamically allocated to reduce the weight of video memory installed in...
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... 173 processor, 169 technical, 169 video, 170 standby mode, 35, 39 Starting the Dell Diagnostics From the Drivers and Utilities CD, 87 Starting the Dell Diagnostics From Your Hard Drive, 86 support contacting Dell, 187 policy, 184 support website, 13 system board, 106 System Restore, 94 212...options, 176 screens, 175 T technical support policy, 184 telephone numbers, 187 transferring information to a new computer, 49 troubleshooting conflicts, 100 Dell Diagnostics, 86 Hardware Troubleshooter, 100 restore to previous state, 94 tips, 59 TV connect to computer, 33-34 U USB booting to devices, ...
... 173 processor, 169 technical, 169 video, 170 standby mode, 35, 39 Starting the Dell Diagnostics From the Drivers and Utilities CD, 87 Starting the Dell Diagnostics From Your Hard Drive, 86 support contacting Dell, 187 policy, 184 support website, 13 system board, 106 System Restore, 94 212...options, 176 screens, 175 T technical support policy, 184 telephone numbers, 187 transferring information to a new computer, 49 troubleshooting conflicts, 100 Dell Diagnostics, 86 Hardware Troubleshooter, 100 restore to previous state, 94 tips, 59 TV connect to computer, 33-34 U USB booting to devices, ...
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W warranty information, 11 Windows Files and Settings Transfer Wizard, 49 Network Setup Wizard, 54 Windows Vista Device Driver Rollback, 90-91 Factory Image Restore, 95 Program Compatibility Wizard, 68 reinstalling, 94 scanner, 77 System Restore, 94 Windows XP Device Driver Rollback, 91 hibernate mode, 36 PC Restore, 95 standby mode, 35 wizards Files and Settings Transfer Wizard, 49 Network Setup Wizard, 54 Program Compatibility Wizard, 68 Index 213
W warranty information, 11 Windows Files and Settings Transfer Wizard, 49 Network Setup Wizard, 54 Windows Vista Device Driver Rollback, 90-91 Factory Image Restore, 95 Program Compatibility Wizard, 68 reinstalling, 94 scanner, 77 System Restore, 94 Windows XP Device Driver Rollback, 91 hibernate mode, 36 PC Restore, 95 standby mode, 35 wizards Files and Settings Transfer Wizard, 49 Network Setup Wizard, 54 Program Compatibility Wizard, 68 Index 213