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No sound Dell Inspiron XP Upgrade from ME
Ifan 100416....@compuserve.com alt os linux 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.

Upgrade Inspiron 7500 or Buy New
One problem is that I have a Dell Inspiron 6000 laptop that came with Dell's install CDs for XP and apps rather than a traditional XP install CD. IME you can reduce one of those Dell XP MV (Marketing Vehicle) installs into something that is pretty close to a clean install of XP, by simply going into the control

Corrupted registry on Inspiron 8200
I installed Vista Ultimate from the DVD, it told me that the upgrade option was disabled and that I should do a clean install. My computer is a Dell Inspiron 6000, 80GB HD and 1000MB RAM. I installed Office on the default drive C (thinking I would be able to access the free space at some point).

Toolbook and Inspiron 8000--Help
Not sure if he did a clean install or not, will check * We have tried the driver on the Windows XP CD-ROM from Dell, no luck there * We have tried un-installed the driver and re-installed it, no luck either * We have also removed the modem from Device Manage and re-installed it, not good either * Can't add a new

win2k or winXP
I had posted in an unofficial NG inquiring how to do a clean install on my Dell Inspiron 7000 notebook from W98SE to XPHome. The reply poster said just follow the instructions. Well, I did, told the computer to do a new install and wipe everything clean. Well, it did not. If though now in XP I can find all my old

~~Install On a dell Inspiron 8100 ~~ 8.2
When I try to install it on my Dell Inspiron 2500 to upgrade from ME, I get an error message that "Windows XP does not support upgrading from MS Windows ME to MS Windows XP-Home Edition." I did not want to do a Clean Install but rather upgrade to keep all my settings and files without having to do alot of extra

Clean Install of XP Fails after Vista Install Success
I did a clean install of Win XP Pro on my Dell Inspiron notebook. During the installation I got several messages that some files could not be read from the CD. Some of the files were WAV files and I did not care about those. Some of the files had a SR prefix. Everything is fine except I cannot get System Restore to

Dell Inspiron 1721 Laptop - Vista Home Premium - Processor inc
I have a 2 year old dell laptop (inspiron 8000, 848 MHz 512mb of memory). I upgraded from Windows ME to XP about a year ago. I reformated my hard drive and did a clean install. I have a 20 gig hard drive about 60% full. It seems to be getting slower. I gefrag about once a month and use Norton system works to help

unexpected shutdown to bluescreen
Surely I should be able to install off the cd. I have an Inspiron 3800, which came preloaded with Win2K. I haven't had to format and re-install yet, but I've been thinking of doing so to get a nice clean install. I would suggest you flash your Bios to the latest version, and try again. If that doesn't work,

XP on Dell Inspiron 5100
rp fourfree2...@hotmail.com alt sys pc-clone dell Yes, you can do a clean install, the Windows XP disk is just that, a Windows XP disk. It is tied to the BIOS, but can be installed on If I get a Inspiron 8200 with WinXP Pro, will I be able to reformat the drive as soon as I get it and do a clean install? Thanks.

Can't open FF or TB after clean install
I had running on a Dell Inspiron 5000 Mandrake 8.1, and it was ok. I got a hold of 9.1 and my wife had to install it right away. We tried to perform an upgrade but couldn't get the boot loaders to work properly. Before I could investigate it fully, a clean install was performed. This went fine except for the modem.

MCE 2005: Need to join domain as first class citizen
3) ME is very large (I hadn't noticed 2G though) - from a clean install it was almost 1G, but that appears to be because it stores the entire I just took delivery on an Inspiron 4000, and have three questions. 1. When closed and latched, there is a fair amount of play between the 'lid' and the 'base'.

Upgrading Inspiron to Windows 2000
Karen and Mike DeFelice defel...@netins.net bit listserv toolb-l Jack, I have a fairly new Inspiron 5000e (with the flammable battery) that does not I always do a clean install to a re-formated hard drive. It is extra work up-front, but saves me a ton of time on problems, troubleshooting and maintainence later.

Inspiron 3500 and Win2K Pro
I have a dell notebook/ inspiron 1520/ intel core 2 duo/ 2gb RAM/ 1.5 ghz / nvidia geforce 8600m gt General information about replacing Vista with XP: A. On an OEM (Dell, HP, Sony, etc. Also understand that you will need to do a clean install of XP so if you have any data you want, back it up first. 6.

Inspiron: explanation of pre-installed files???
If you did a clean install from scratch on the same hardware, I think that you would get very different results. fishboydave wrote: "Tom McCune" <tom@DELETE_THISmccune.cc> McCune.cc Please use PGP for Privacy & Authenticity I've just bought a Dell Inspiron 8200 with XP Home. I run Win2k on my home PC and I can

Partition Inspiron 8200 some general advice please
I recently aquired a Dell Inspiron 3000 with 2.1 gig hard drive. It is running Win 98 SE converted to FAT 32. I am wondering if it will run me into difficulties if I reformat the hard drive and do a clean install. I have the drivers required, but wonder if there might be some proprietary software I would wipe out

Need help w/ Mandrake 9.1 on Dell Inspiron 5000
My old Dell Inspiron pentium 266 won't run any of the current versions of windows. If I want to make it operational again, I need to do a clean install of Win95 ... but in the course of three moves in the last 5 years I've managed to lose my originals. Maybe eBay. I suspect it won't be easy to find.

Dual-boot with two installs of XP (Dell Inspiron 6000 with ...
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 A clean install will be as stable as you can get and in fact, it's the first thing I do with a new computer. I don't even trust the image installs that

inspiron questions, and purchasing comments
My system is a Quantex TS30i (almost identical to Inspiron 7000), PII 400 MHz, 576 MB RAM, 20 GB HD, 8 MB ATI video. Win XP runs fine on this system. The other thing you should consider is to do a clean install on your system. A WinXP upgrade quite often is slower than a clean install (format the HD as NTFS),

Bad drive passed all the diagnostic tests, but was still bad.
I bought the Win XP home edition upgrade (very good price - Cdn$99 = ~$60US) and put it on my shelf intended to prepare carefully to do a clean installation. I wanted to offload all my precious data onto CDs and format the HDD to NTFS and do a completely clean install. That was my *plan*, reality didn't work out