Please explain to me what this Dell cd does?

December 5, 2009

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?

when I boot up my desktop w/Windows XP I get an error message "windows\system32\msgvsque.dll FILE NOT FOUND"?

October 7, 2009

any idea how to download that missing file .dll file? Can I run the Windows system cd, or will that lose files and other items on my computer? No, I dont have a recovery CD. I have run PC Tools registry repair software, I have McAfee anti-virus, malware, security software on my computer.

Why won’t my computer boot?

August 23, 2009

I have a dell inspiron 2200 that I purchased in the summer of 2005. It still used windows xp. about a week ago, I tried to restart my computer and it simply wouldn’t boot. after further exploration, i noticed that it does begin to load. it goes through a few sequences then gets to the black screen where there is a large window’s icon and the little moving status bar underneath for about 20 seconds, then simply goes black with the cursor still movable and on the screen. I’ve let it sit for about thirty mins in this screen with no progress.

I’ve done thorough diagnostics in the boot menu by pressing f12 at the beginning of the startup process hoping to find a problem. nothing resulted.

I also don’t believe my laptop came with a boot disc. Looking through some of the original paperwork that came with it, i found something that says my computer does not require an operating system cd or drivers cds. instead, it tells me to reinstall software by using system restore… i’d love to do this if my comp would actually boot!

somebody please help.

thanks

Dell computer reformattiing?

August 17, 2009

I reformatted my computer like a year ago, and i want to reformatted again and i forgot how u do it. I’ve currently reformatted my computer using the operating system CD, when i did that, i found a lot of things missing, like the sound. I’ve look through all my CDs and found Drivers and Utilities Cd that says reinstalling Device Driver and using diagnostics, utilities and online documentation and another one that also says Drivers and Utilities but it said reinstalling conexant 56K Data/Fax Modem Software for Microsoft Window. Do I insert one of them when i reformat my computer?