Dell Inspiron 531S Support Question
Dell Inspiron 531S Support Question
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Question posted by kbrianmuller on November 6th, 2012
If Some One Used A Wipe Drive Software And Forgot To Make A Boot Copy. What Can
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Answer #1: Posted by RathishC on November 6th, 2012 11:39 PM
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Related Dell Inspiron 531S Manual Pages
Owner's Manual - Page 9
... Peripherals 181 Definition of "Third-Party" Software and Peripherals 181
FCC Notice (U.S. Replacing the Support Bracket 164
Replacing the Computer Cover 165
Specifications 167
System Setup 172 Overview 172 Entering System Setup 172 System Setup Options 173 Boot Sequence 175 Changing Boot Sequence for the Current Boot 175
Clearing Forgotten Passwords 176
Clearing CMOS...
Owner's Manual - Page 13
... Drivers for your
Product Model and click Go. Online discussion customers can also use the customized Dell
with
technical support
• Reference - for your configuration. operation...Desktop System Software
and click Download Now. DSS is necessary for Dell™ 3.5-inch USB floppy drives, optical drives, and USB devices. NOTE: The support.dell.com user interface may
The software...
Owner's Manual - Page 16
... bootable USB devices (see "Controls and Lights" on booting to turn off the computer. For information on using the Media Card Reader, see "Using a Media Card Reader (Optional)" on the computer. ... a sound card, the microphone connector is on the card.
10 drive activity light
The drive activity light is recommended that you use the power button to turn on page 31.
6 power button,...
Owner's Manual - Page 25
... you are not using the drive. NOTICE: Do not move the computer when you are playing CDs or DVDs. 1 Press the eject button on the CD or DVD tray when you create CDs. To format CDs for storing data, to create music CDs, or to copy CDs, see the CD software that you follow...
Owner's Manual - Page 28
... then click the question mark icon in Dell™ computers can also use Sonic Digital Media for available software patches on your computer or backing up important data. The following instructions explain how to make an exact copy of CD or DVD drives offered by Dell may not read DVD+/-R, DVD+/-RW, and DVD+R DL...
Owner's Manual - Page 29
... computer reads your source CD or DVD and click the Disc Copy button. Setting Up and Using Your Computer
29
When prompted, insert a blank CD or DVD into the drive and click OK.
• If you have two CD or DVD drives, select the drive into which you have inserted your source CD or DVD...
Owner's Manual - Page 30
...Type CD-R CD-RW
Read Yes Yes
Write Yes Yes
Rewritable No Yes
DVD-Writable Drives
Media Type CD-R CD-RW DVD+R DVD-R DVD+RW DVD-RW DVD+R DL
...audio DVDs with Sonic Digital Media.
• Music MP3 files can be used to erase, rewrite, or update information on computers that have MP3 software installed.
30
Setting Up and Using Your Computer Blank DVD+/-Rs can be played only on MP3 players or...
Owner's Manual - Page 31
... techniques.
Setting Up and Using Your Computer
31 See the Sonic website at www.sonic.com for example, do not copy a 650-MB file to its maximum capacity; The CD-RW drive needs 1-2 MB of formats...erase the data on page 139. If you make a mistake, you are familiar with your computer. • Commercially available DVD players used in home theater systems may not support all available DVD...
Owner's Manual - Page 36
...copying system data to exit from standby mode, press a key on the keyboard or moving the mouse does not bring the computer out of inactivity, click the Start button, click Turn Off Computer, and then click Stand by. To exit from hibernate mode, the desktop...computer's hard drive becomes corrupted, Windows XP recreates the hibernate file automatically.
36
Setting Up and Using Your Computer...
Owner's Manual - Page 40
...drive with enough disk space to store the contents of hibernation, because the keyboard and the mouse do not function when the computer is in hibernate mode. If you lose power, the system retains your data safe by copying... mask Hibernate from hibernate mode, the desktop is enabled. Windows Vista has a ... and Maintenance.
40
Setting Up and Using Your Computer NOTICE: If your standby mode...
Owner's Manual - Page 44
... for RAID, even if you install the operating system onto the hard drive. To configure RAID hard drive volumes use the Nvidia MediaShield ROM utility before you begin. Setting Your Computer to ... your computer to exit system setup and resume the boot process.
44
Setting Up and Using Your Computer For information on how to install a hard drive, see "System Setup Options" on page 172).
2 ...
Owner's Manual - Page 65
... is installed and configured properly. • Verify that your computer meets the minimum hardware requirements needed to
run the software. BACK UP YOUR FILES IMMEDIATELY
USE A VIRUS-SCANNING PROGRAM TO CHECK THE HARD DRIVE, FLOPPY DISKS, OR CDS
SAVE AND CLOSE ANY OPEN FILES OR PROGRAMS AND SHUT DOWN YOUR
COMPUTER THROUGH THE...
Owner's Manual - Page 67
... Memory" on page 113) to ensure that resolves the problem. • See the software documentation for minimum memory requirements. If necessary,
install additional memory (see "Memory Installation Guidelines... are not using to see if it is successfully communicating with the memory. • Run the Dell Diagnostics (see "Starting the Dell Diagnostics From Your Hard
Drive" on page...
Owner's Manual - Page 83
Use external power source for assistance). N O B O O T D E V I C E A V A I N T E R R U P T - N O T I M E R T I C K I L A B L E - A chip on the system board might be enabled or disabled in the drive.
• If the hard drive is correct (see "... If the floppy drive is your boot device, ensure that a bootable floppy disk is installed properly and partitioned as a boot device.
•...
Owner's Manual - Page 84
...until you begin any key to review your hard drive.
84
Troubleshooting Tools It is known to Use the Dell Diagnostics
If you see "Lockups and Software Problems" on (or restart) your computer, perform... computer cannot display a screen image, see the Microsoft® Windows® desktop;
See "System Setup" on Dell™ computers. Select Utility Partition from the diagnostics utility partition on...
Owner's Manual - Page 91
Troubleshooting Tools
91 Resolving Software and Hardware Incompatibilities
If a device is either not detected during the operating system setup or is detected but incorrectly configured, you previously copied
the driver files. 7 When the name of the appropriate driver appears, click the name of the device for which you can use the Windows Operating systems...
Owner's Manual - Page 99
...8482; logo appears. Use the Drivers and Utilities...reinstall Windows unless a Dell technical support representative instructs you see the Windows desktop, and then shut down the computer and try again. If the ...boots according to the devices specified in the system setup program.
4 When the boot device list appears, highlight CD/DVD/CD-RW Drive and press .
5 Press any key to Boot...software.
Owner's Manual - Page 180
... in the drive. Additional technical support options may be available for CDs are safe to use compressed air to clean drive heads with a swab. NOTICE: To prevent damaging the surface, do not wipe in a circular...restoration of the operating system, software programs, and hardware drivers to the outer edge of the computer and all Dell-installed hardware. Floppy Drive
NOTICE: Do not attempt to...
Owner's Manual - Page 203
... boot virus, which is infected when it reads the boot sectors of a floppy disk. If the floppy disk is left in the drive...on your computer. A mode that consists of cable used in the boot sectors of the floppy disk expecting to find the ... around each pair of 1 ampere flows through an infected disk, software downloaded from one computer to protect against interference. A hardware interface...
Owner's Manual - Page 205
..., 142
CD-RW drive problems, 57
CDs, 28 playing, 25
Check Disk, 58
CMOS settings clearing, 177
computer beep codes, 80 components inside, 106 crashes, 62-64 inside view, 106 restore to previous state, 92-93 stops responding, 62-63
conflicts software and hardware incompatibilities, 91
contacting Dell, 188
copying CDs general information...
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