I have a 2005 Dell Inspiron laptop. It came with the Windows XP operating system cd and another cd that says Drivers and Utilities, for reinstalling Dell Inspiron and XPS system software, contents: Device drivers & Diagnostics and utilities, part number Y2986. If I ever have to replace my hard drive I already know how to reload the operating system cd, but will this Drivers and Utilities cd reload all the factory drivers for me? Are the drivers already physically on this cd or does it connect me to the Dell web site to get the drivers for me automatically? Or will I still have to go to the Dell support web site and download the drivers one at a time like I did once before on another computer?
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That second CD physically has all of the factory drivers plus the crapware that Dell preinstalled on the computer. However, you’ll still want to go to the website to get the drivers because there have been updates over time that the CD doesn’t have on it.
The drivers are physically there. When you reinstall Windows, you probably won’t even be able to connect to the Internet without these drivers – so keep the CD, you’ll need it!