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?
Why Won’t My Dell Inspiron 15 With Windows Vista Won’t Start Up?
So every time I try to cut on my laptop it starts but this Start Up repair thing keeps popping up instead of going to my log in screen. It always ask would i like for windows to attempt repairs and I always click yes but it never gets repaired. After going through the same thing 3 or more times it goes to another screen that states "start up repair cannot repair the computer automatically" so I always choose to send the information about the problem. When I come off that screen i choose to always advance view advanced options for system recovery and support. I fill out all the info that they request (country, screen name, & password) and they give me the choices of: start up repair (which i automatically do and it gets me nowhere), system restore (which i do from this point but once i shut down my lap top then use it, shut it down when i’m done, and then cut it back on I have to go through the whole start up repair process over again, windows complete PC restore (idk what a backup image is), windows memory diagnostic tool (did it yesterday and it said there was nothing wrong with my memory), command prompt, and dell factory image restore (if i do this will it erase all my documents and things like music that i have already saved to my computer? seeing that it restores my system software to factory condition)
Please help!!! Idk what I did so hopefully one of you will help me!
Am I all set for a reformat?
Hey everyone. I plan on doing a reformat, but before I get started with that, I am going to put everything I want on to an external hard drive for later retrieval.
(The reason I am doing this is because my computer is getting really slow with loading files, the registry is a mess even though I use CCleaner, Defrag, and virus softwares like norton, malwarebytes.. etc.. and my computer is 7 years old now…)
After I got all my songs, pictures, movies, and whatever else on my external hard drive, I am going to reformat. My computer came with the following CD’s
-Microsoft Works Suite 2003 (Disc 1-5)
-APPLICATION For Reinstalling Dell Tools System Software
-APPLICATION For Installing/Reinstalling Roxio Easy CD Creator 5.2 Basic
-Drivers And Utilities Dell Dimension Resource CD (Contains drives, diagnostics and utilities and computer documentation.)
-OPERATING SYSTEM Reinstallation CD for XP Home Edition SP 1.
-Sound Blaster Live!
-Norton Antivirus
Ahh thanks for reminding me to backup favorites!
Restoring/reinstalling (?) a computer?
i have a computer that is pretty virus-ridden and really can’t be saved. i’ve managed to back up everything before it stopped accepting usb drives and writable discs, which is good. i have a bunch of discs that dell sent me a while ago in order to do this. i have… (1) dell dimension resource cd, with device drivers, diagnostics and utilities, and computer documentations (2) reinstallation cd – windows xp professional service pack 2 (3) installation disc for roxio easy cd creator (4) disc for reinstalling dell tools system software – antivirus, support, multimedia, internet software. // now, which should i use first, and what exactly do i do? i know i should probably just call dell, but i hate phone support. i’d rather do it on my own.
or, alternately, where on the web can i find instructions to do this?
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