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free downgrade to windows xp
I'll probably play with it a bit and decide whether to go to Win2k or just do a clean install of XP to get rid of all the useless garbage that they install on new machines. Do the Dells come with a bootable Windows XP install disk? I was dissappointed in the last desktop I purchased which came with only a "rescue"

Clean Installation onDell Inspiron
I am prepared to buy a souped up Inspiron 8000 from Dell. It comes preinstalled with Windows 2000. (I am going to go with Insprion versus the Latitude - not sure why there is a big difference in price). 1. I would like to do a clean install Windows NT 4.0. Has anybody done this before? 2.

Can I install NT on a Dell Inspiron 8000?
GreenieLeBrun GreenieLeB...@hotmail.com microsoft public windowsxp setup_deployment jst7...@yahoo.com wrote: Ive got a dell inspiron 1500 laptop,(made around 2003) and i am trying to do a clean install of windows xp on it. I saved what i thought i needed on my portable hard drive. Then i put in the reinstall xp

Lunux on Dell Inspiron 3000?
JC jcasb...@yahoo.com microsoft public windowsxp hardware I upgraded my Dell Inspiron 8000 from Windows ME to XP. Now I have no sound. I do not use a docking station. No luck. Also did a clean install of XP and still no sound. Any ideas about what else could be the problem or how to correct? Thank you.

clean win2k install on Dell Inspiron 2100 laptop hangs
Norm nos...@nospam.com microsoft public windowsxp basics As long as you have the ME cd you can change the laptop bios to boot from the XP cd and do a clean install. This is providing you purchased the XP Home edition upgrade. If you have the upgrade version but don't have the actual ME cd you will have to do a

Dell Inspiron 4100 & Windows 2000 Pro
Respectfully, you might wish to suggest to your friend a 'clean install' of XP next time rather than an 'upgrade' <installing XP over another OS>. Does he have an XP driver for the modem, or did XP assign it a 'native' driver? I would attempt to locate a proper driver for it, then uninstall and reinstall it from a

Dell Inspiron Install
Stephen Fox mcke...@mac.com mozilla support firefox Nir wrote: Stephen Fox wrote: Nir wrote: Stephen Fox wrote: Nir wrote: Stephen Fox wrote: Nir wrote: Stephen Fox wrote: Windows XP-MC Dell Inspiron 9300 I had to do a clean install, but saved my default Profiles beforehand. Downloaded latest versions of FF and TB

Can I install NT on a Dell Inspiron 8000?
Ifan wrote: Does anyone have any experience with installing Linux on the Dell Inspiron 3000 notebook. Should I uninstall W 95 and do a clean install of Linux or is it OK to install a dual OS? Any help or suggestions with potential problems is appreciated. Ifan, Wales.

Problem starting JBuilder Pro after install
Hit enter on your partition, and it will ask you if you want to format...have it format the drive and it will clean install on the formatted disk. -----Original Message----- This machine (Dell Inspiron 7500, 500 mhz, 128mb ram, 11 gig hard drive, pIII processor) had Windows 2000 Professional installed and was

Clean install Windows 2000
If so, get your data off and start over with a clean install. If not, well, do a clean install and restore yur current data backup. Tom "Andrew Bellamy" <andrew_bella...@btinternet.com> wrote in message news:dn1r8f$pb8$1@nwrdmz02.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com... Ive managed to screw up the registry on my Inspiron

Upgrade XP-Home to XP-Pro on Inspiron 1100
Jay B j...@audiman.net alt sys pc-clone dell you should do a clean install of win98 and supercede the win95 on the harddrive that you put in there. you have to boot off the floppy that came with win98, and then it will load the drivers to see the cdrom and continue the install from there. i dont remember the win98

WinXP/Inspiron 8000:DVD playback?
shepro_NOS...@verizon.net alt sys pc-clone dell So getting back to my original question, if I want to perform a clean install on my 1100, can I substitute Going from any Win 9x, NT or 2K installation to XP should always be done as a clean install. It's actually easier in the long run and Dell gives you the full

Upgrade XP-Home to XP-Pro on Inspiron 1100
I have a Dell Inspiron 8100 laptop with an IBM Travelstar hard drive running Windows XP Home that suddenly started working EXTREMELY SLOWLY. I even did a low level format and a clean install of Windows but that didn't help. How did the install actually go ? Was it noticeably slow to install ?

Clean Install-Bad Advice
Yes of course - you are doing a full clean install and you will see the dialog box to join a domain during the setup process. I just bought a high-end Dell Inspiron notebook with MCE 2005 installed. I'd like to get a TV tuner at some point and record my favorite shows and do some of the other things MCE

Inspiron 5100 and XP Pro
BUT for a clean install I would do those drivers first to make sure everything is set up correctly. I would call Dell support to verify.. but that's a multiple hour hold I don't need tonight. =] - Bryan "Michael Chan" <c...@shout.net> wrote in message news:YKLw6.14305$dL4.200372@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu... hi bryan: well

Dell Inspiron 3000 Laptop
Bill buen...@my-deja.com comp sys laptops I am prepared to buy a souped up Inspiron 8000 from Dell. It comes preinstalled with Windows 2000. (I am going to go with Insprion versus the Latitude - not sure why there is a big difference in price). 1. I would like to do a clean install Windows NT 4.0.

?? Reformatting an Inspiron 8000 and installing Win2000 ...
I am running Vista Home Premium 32bit on a brand new Dell Inspiron 1420 with 4GB RAM. When I received the laptop I formatted the drive and did a clean install of Vista and a lot of third party software and some hardware, as well as 2x2GB RAM purchased from Crucial (to avoid the Dell price gouging).

assigning free hard drive space
PHroGman phrogma...@yahoo.com alt sys pc-clone dell When I got my Inspiron the following day I formated the drive to get all the dell pre installed crap off it and do a clean install of the OS and apps I chose to install. I never had to type in a CD key nor did I have to activate the OS. At least not to knowingly.

Lost my original Win95 disks; need to re-install
Terra terraby...@nospam.invalid microsoft public windowsxp hardware which Inspiron ? I have several from i4000 to 8000 even an old 7000 the WPC11 works with all under XP Since his system was having alot of problems, I offered to do a clean install, (not MS's clean install method, but a format and reload).

new "clean" install instructions
Does anyone know a few good websites with DETAILED step by step instructions for doing a clean install on Windows XP. I have had some performance problems with the upgrade and wondered if a clean install would resolve these. I have a DELL Inspiron and am a little warry of doing a clean install, not because of