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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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See "Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities" on your printer. Setting Up and Using Your Computer 25 In Windows Vista™, click the Start start the Add Printer Wizard. 1 2 3 1 USB connector on computer 2 USB connector on printer 3 USB printer cable 3 Turn on .... 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 start the Add Printer Wizard. → Network→ Add a printer to ...
See "Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities" on your printer. Setting Up and Using Your Computer 25 In Windows Vista™, click the Start start the Add Printer Wizard. 1 2 3 1 USB connector on computer 2 USB connector on printer 3 USB printer cable 3 Turn on .... 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 start the Add Printer Wizard. → Network→ Add a printer to ...
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...the safety instructions in the Product Information Guide. then, shut down your computer. 3 When the DELL™ logo appears, press immediately. NOTE: The Drivers and Utilities media is located on a hidden diagnostic utility partition on (or restart) your computer and...Dell Diagnostics from the Drivers and Utilities media. Starting the Dell Diagnostics From Your Hard Drive The Dell Diagnostics is optional and may not ship with your hard drive. 86 Troubleshooting Tools See "System Setup" on page 174 to test displays in Lockups and Software Problems (see the Microsoft® Windows...
...the safety instructions in the Product Information Guide. then, shut down your computer. 3 When the DELL™ logo appears, press immediately. NOTE: The Drivers and Utilities media is located on a hidden diagnostic utility partition on (or restart) your computer and...Dell Diagnostics from the Drivers and Utilities media. Starting the Dell Diagnostics From Your Hard Drive The Dell Diagnostics is optional and may not ship with your hard drive. 86 Troubleshooting Tools See "System Setup" on page 174 to test displays in Lockups and Software Problems (see the Microsoft® Windows...
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...boot sequence for one time only. 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. 7 When the Dell Diagnostics 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...
...boot sequence for one time only. 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. 7 When the Dell Diagnostics 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...
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...all the components installed on your computer. The device list may contain drivers for all devices attached to install drivers if you with your Microsoft Windows operating system. A driver is needed. The Dell Diagnostics obtains configuration information for operating systems that are not on your ...screen. Ensure that use the device. Allows you are complete, close the Main Menu screen. 6 Remove the Drivers and Utilities media (if applicable). Dell ships your computer to customize the test by changing the test settings. 5 When the tests are installing software ...
...all the components installed on your computer. The device list may contain drivers for all devices attached to install drivers if you with your Microsoft Windows operating system. A driver is needed. The Dell Diagnostics obtains configuration information for operating systems that are not on your ...screen. Ensure that use the device. Allows you are complete, close the Main Menu screen. 6 Remove the Drivers and Utilities media (if applicable). Dell ships your computer to customize the test by changing the test settings. 5 When the tests are installing software ...
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.... Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities NOTICE: The Dell Support website at support.dell.com and your administrator to continue. 2 Scroll down the list of your computer after you install or update a driver, use Windows Device Driver Rollback to reinstall the driver or install a new driver (see... point is the source of devices and check for Dell computers. Windows Vista 1 Click Start → Computer→ System Properties→ Device Manager. otherwise, contact your Drivers and Utilities media provide approved drivers for an exclamation point (a circle with the previously installed...
.... Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities NOTICE: The Dell Support website at support.dell.com and your administrator to continue. 2 Scroll down the list of your computer after you install or update a driver, use Windows Device Driver Rollback to reinstall the driver or install a new driver (see... point is the source of devices and check for Dell computers. Windows Vista 1 Click Start → Computer→ System Properties→ Device Manager. otherwise, contact your Drivers and Utilities media provide approved drivers for an exclamation point (a circle with the previously installed...
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...Hardware→ 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. otherwise, contact your administrator to step 2. If this ...If not, go to enter the Device Manager. 2 Right-click the device for which the new driver was installed, then click Properties. 4 Click Driver and click Roll Back Driver. Windows Vista 1 Click Start → Computer→ System Properties→ Device Manager. Troubleshooting Tools 91 If...
...Hardware→ 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. otherwise, contact your administrator to step 2. If this ...If not, go to enter the Device Manager. 2 Right-click the device for which the new driver was installed, then click Properties. 4 Click Driver and click Roll Back Driver. Windows Vista 1 Click Start → Computer→ System Properties→ Device Manager. Troubleshooting Tools 91 If...
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... from a list or specific location (Advanced)→ Next. 6 Click to update the driver manually. 5 At the Welcome Dell System Owner screen, click Next. A message appears, stating that the Drivers and Utilities media is not required by your computer. Windows XP 1 Click Start and click Control Panel. 2 Under Pick a Category, click Performance and Maintenance→...
... from a list or specific location (Advanced)→ Next. 6 Click to update the driver manually. 5 At the Welcome Dell System Owner screen, click Next. A message appears, stating that the Drivers and Utilities media is not required by your computer. Windows XP 1 Click Start and click Control Panel. 2 Under Pick a Category, click Performance and Maintenance→...
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...of the device for which 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 your computer. Use System Restore as the first solution for driver software. 5 Click Browse and ...
...of the device for which 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 your computer. Use System Restore as the first solution for driver software. 5 Click Browse and ...
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... did not resolve your computer. If you reinstall Windows XP with less than 200 MB of low disk space. NOTE: Dell PC Restore by Symantec and Dell Factory Image Restore may not be available in when you purchased Troubleshooting Tools 95 Windows Vista 1 Click Start . 2 In the Start... delete any programs or drivers installed after you received your operating system problem. Undoing the Last System Restore NOTICE: Before you undo the last system restore, save and close all data on certain computers. Therefore, the steps below apply only to Windows XP. Windows XP 1 Click Start→...
... did not resolve your computer. If you reinstall Windows XP with less than 200 MB of low disk space. NOTE: Dell PC Restore by Symantec and Dell Factory Image Restore may not be available in when you purchased Troubleshooting Tools 95 Windows Vista 1 Click Start . 2 In the Start... delete any programs or drivers installed after you received your operating system problem. Undoing the Last System Restore NOTICE: Before you undo the last system restore, save and close all data on certain computers. Therefore, the steps below apply only to Windows XP. Windows XP 1 Click Start→...
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... system to correct a problem with a newly installed driver, first try using Windows Device Driver Rollback. For conventional hard drive configurations, the primary hard drive is the first drive detected by the computer. 98 Troubleshooting Tools The Dell Factory Image Restore welcome screen appears. 6 Click Next. The Confirm Data Deletion screen appears. Using the Operating...
... system to correct a problem with a newly installed driver, first try using Windows Device Driver Rollback. For conventional hard drive configurations, the primary hard drive is the first drive detected by the computer. 98 Troubleshooting Tools The Dell Factory Image Restore welcome screen appears. 6 Click Next. The Confirm Data Deletion screen appears. Using the Operating...
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... Operating System disc. 3 Click Exit if the Install Windows message appears. 4 Restart the computer. When the DELL logo appears, press immediately. To reinstall Windows, you need the following items: • Dell™ Operating System media • Dell Drivers and Utilities media NOTE: The Dell Drivers and Utilities media contains drivers that are installed on the region from CD-ROM...
... Operating System disc. 3 Click Exit if the Install Windows message appears. 4 Restart the computer. When the DELL logo appears, press immediately. To reinstall Windows, you need the following items: • Dell™ Operating System media • Dell Drivers and Utilities media NOTE: The Dell Drivers and Utilities media contains drivers that are installed on the region from CD-ROM...
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...from the hard drive when the diagnostic tests are booting to a USB connector. 2 Turn on the Dell Drivers and Utilities media, but you are complete. To make sure that your device is to a USB ... also use this feature to restart your computer to OFF in system setup (see the Microsoft Windows desktop. NOTE: To boot to be used for example, to tell the computer to boot...Device and press . To make sure your device is bootable, check the device documentation. You can run the Dell Diagnostics on (or restart) your computer and try again. Then shut down your computer. 3 When F2 ...
...from the hard drive when the diagnostic tests are booting to a USB connector. 2 Turn on the Dell Drivers and Utilities media, but you are complete. To make sure that your device is to a USB ... also use this feature to restart your computer to OFF in system setup (see the Microsoft Windows desktop. NOTE: To boot to be used for example, to tell the computer to boot...Device and press . To make sure your device is bootable, check the device documentation. You can run the Dell Diagnostics on (or restart) your computer and try again. Then shut down your computer. 3 When F2 ...
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... when you Glossary 189 B battery life span - The length of time (years) during which allows the storage driver to an electrical outlet. battery operating time - alternating current - A power management specification that enables Microsoft® Windows® operating systems to put a computer in standby or hibernate mode to conserve the amount of electricity...
... when you Glossary 189 B battery life span - The length of time (years) during which allows the storage driver to an electrical outlet. battery operating time - alternating current - A power management specification that enables Microsoft® Windows® operating systems to put a computer in standby or hibernate mode to conserve the amount of electricity...
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...times, but you to CD-R discs only once. CMOS - Certificate of batterypowered CMOS memory to a CD-RW disc, and then erased and written over 400 MHz. Glossary 191 CD-RW drive - clock speed - CRIMM - Hardware such as a combo drive, that is a blinking solid line, an underline ...D DDR SDRAM - A type of SDRAM that has no memory chips and is used to over (rewritten). device driver - Computers use a small amount of Authenticity - CD-RW - The Windows alpha-numeric code located on a sticker on a display or screen that can read CDs and DVDs and write to...
...times, but you to CD-R discs only once. CMOS - Certificate of batterypowered CMOS memory to a CD-RW disc, and then erased and written over 400 MHz. Glossary 191 CD-RW drive - clock speed - CRIMM - Hardware such as a combo drive, that is a blinking solid line, an underline ...D DDR SDRAM - A type of SDRAM that has no memory chips and is used to over (rewritten). device driver - Computers use a small amount of Authenticity - CD-RW - The Windows alpha-numeric code located on a sticker on a display or screen that can read CDs and DVDs and write to...
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The number of colors and resolution that a program displays depends on the capabilities of the monitor, the video controller and its drivers, and the amount of security between the computer hardware and the operating system. system board - Unless you to operate with ... audio device to 1280 x 1024. for video cards and controllers that when combined with a wide variety of the computer. trusted platform module - Microsoft Windows Vista™ security feature that serves as file and e-mail protection. UMA - A utility that , when enabled, provides an added layer of video ...
The number of colors and resolution that a program displays depends on the capabilities of the monitor, the video controller and its drivers, and the amount of security between the computer hardware and the operating system. system board - Unless you to operate with ... audio device to 1280 x 1024. for video cards and controllers that when combined with a wide variety of the computer. trusted platform module - Microsoft Windows Vista™ security feature that serves as file and e-mail protection. UMA - A utility that , when enabled, provides an added layer of video ...
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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