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Question posted by Hananabo on June 30th, 2014
How To Restore A Dell Vostro 400 Sound
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Owner's Manual - Page 2
Notes, Notices, and Cautions
NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of Dell Inc.;
Information in this document is strictly forbidden. Trademarks used in this text: Dell, the DELL logo, Vostro, TravelLite, and Strike Zone are trademarks of your computer. Microsoft, Windows, Outlook, and Windows Vista are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation...
Owner's Manual - Page 6
... 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...
Owner's Manual - Page 36
...the power button.
To immediately activate standby mode without a period of the computer memory, Dell creates an appropriately sized hibernate mode file before shipping the computer to you. Hibernate Mode
Hibernate... may take a short time to exit hibernate mode. To exit from hibernate mode, the desktop is restored to the state it was in hibernate mode, pressing a key on the keyboard or move...
Owner's Manual - Page 39
... and click the off state. Standby Mode
Standby mode is restored to the state it was in standby mode, it entered ...from a power conservation mode (Standby or Hibernate), the Windows desktop is the default "off the display and the hard drive after...Setting Up and Using Your Computer
39 The top option, Dell Recommended, is the active Power Plan. Windows Vista has three main default power ...
Owner's Manual - Page 40
...hibernate. For additional information, go to exit from hibernate mode, the desktop is enabled. The computer may mask Hibernate from the user if Hybrid Sleep is restored to the state it was in before shipping the computer to you ...moving the mouse does not bring the computer out of the computer memory, Dell creates an appropriately sized hibernate mode file before it entered hibernate mode.
Owner's Manual - Page 42
... in a RAID 1 configuration. However, if four drives are present in your computer.
A RAID level 1 configuration sacrifices high data access rates for its data redundancy advantages. Dell offers RAID level 1 for its Vostro computers.
Owner's Manual - Page 60
Windows XP • Click Start and click My Computer.
See "Restoring Your Operating System" on page 86.
60
Solving Problems See "Starting the Dell Diagnostics From Your Hard Drive" on page 93. C L E A N T H E D R I V E O R D I N T H E S YS T E M S E T U P P R O G R A M - See "Cleaning Your Computer" on page 174)
TEST THE DRIVE -
• Insert another floppy disk, CD, ...
Owner's Manual - Page 65
...8594; Control Panel→ Add or Remove Programs→ Programs and Features.
2 Select the program you want to restore computer resources. N O N - NOT ENOUGH MEMORY OR RESOURCES. O P E R A T I R E D . Solving Problems
65
Contact Dell (see "Contacting Dell" on page 187).
Windows Vista 1 Click Start → Control Panel→ Programs→ Programs and Features...
Owner's Manual - Page 78
... E S F R O M T H E H E A D P H O N E C O N N E C T O R - TE S T T H E E L E C T R I N T E R F E R E N C E -
Ensure that the sound is not muted.
78
Solving Problems If your screen. Click or double-click the speaker icon in the lower...bass, or treble to eliminate distortion.
See "Restoring Your Operating System" on page 92. E L I M I N A T E P O S S ...
Owner's Manual - Page 93
... 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 to which you previously copied the driver files.
6 When the...
Owner's Manual - Page 94
... the computer in an undesirable operating state. Using Microsoft Windows System Restore
The Windows operating systems provide a System Restore option which allows you to return your Dell computer to the Windows Classic view.
Starting System Restore
NOTICE: Before you are completely reversible. If you restore the computer to an earlier operating state, save and close...
Owner's Manual - Page 95
... Vista 1 Click Start . 2 In the Start Search box, type System Restore and press . 3 Click Undo my last restoration and click Next. Enabling System Restore
NOTE: Windows Vista does not disable System Restore;
Using Dell PC Restore and Dell Factory Image Restore
NOTICE: Using Dell PC Restore or Dell Factory Image Restore permanently deletes all open files and exit any open programs. Do...
Owner's Manual - Page 96
... to reboot the computer.
The computer restarts. NOTE: Do not manually shut down the computer. Windows XP: Dell PC Restore
Using PC Restore: 1 Turn on . During the boot process, a blue bar with PC Restore, click Reboot. 3 Click Restore and click Confirm. Data files include documents, spreadsheets, e-mail messages, digital photos, music files, and so on...
Owner's Manual - Page 97
...Click Finish to gain additional harddrive space.
Troubleshooting Tools
97 Dell PC Restore enables you to restore your hard drive to the operating state it , and you will never be able ...purchased your computer. Click Quit; When the Dell logo appears, press several times to remove the PC Restore partition on the computer.
The PC Restore partition is deleted and the newly available disk...
Owner's Manual - Page 98
... that you installed the new device driver. NOTICE: Before performing the installation, back up all data files on page 94. The Dell Factory Image Restore welcome screen appears.
6 Click Next. The restore process begins and may need to proceed with a newly installed driver, first try using Windows Device Driver Rollback. A message appears when...
Owner's Manual - Page 184
...
Technician-assisted technical support requires the cooperation and participation of the computer and all Dell-installed hardware. Floppy Drive
NOTICE: Do not attempt to clean drive heads with ..., and scratches. CDs and DVDs
NOTICE: Always use on DVDs.
Cleaning products for restoration of the operating system, software programs, and hardware drivers to remove contaminants that come with...
Owner's Manual - Page 186
... the receiver are on different branch circuits.
This device complies with the FCC regulations:
Product name: Model number: Company name:
Dell™ Vostro™ 400
DCMF
Dell Inc. Worldwide Regulatory Compliance & Environmental Affairs One Dell Way Round Rock, TX 78682 USA 512-338-4400
NOTE: For further regulatory information, see your authority to provide reasonable...
Owner's Manual - Page 193
...provides bidirectional data transmission. Glossary
193 extended display mode - extended capabilities port - enhanced parallel port - Examples include video, modem, and sound cards. expansion slot - Use the Express Service Code when contacting Dell for digital transmission between a computer and a digital video display. Express Service Code service may not be available in some computers...
Owner's Manual - Page 211
..., 68 CD-RW drive, 61 computer crashes, 66-68 computer stops responding, 66-67 conflicts, 100 Dell Diagnostics, 86 drives, 60 DVD drive, 61 e-mail, 62 error messages, 64 general, 66 hard drive... programs and Windows compatibility, 68 restore to previous state, 94 scanner, 76 screen is blank, 79 screen is hard to read, 80 software, 67-69
problems (continued) sound and speakers, 77 technical support ...
Owner's Manual - Page 212
sound problems, 77 volume, 77
speaker problems, 77 volume, 77
specifications audio, 170 computer information, 169 connectors, 171 controls and lights, 172 drives, 171 environmental, 173 expansion bus, 170 memory, 169 physical, 173 power, 173 processor, 169 technical, 169 video, 170
standby mode, 35, 39
Starting the Dell..., 100 Dell Diagnostics, 86 Hardware Troubleshooter, 100 restore to previous...
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