While that is true, Dell CD/DVDs usually have some drivers slipstreamed.
For example, their SP2 CD has the SATA drivers so you don't have to press F6
and install from floppy.


"Phil" wrote in message
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Yes, you can use whatever install disk you like. There is nothing special
about Dell hardware that would require a specially prepared install
CD/DVD. To save some time, consider partitioning your harddrive and
storing all your drivers on a partition other than C:. That way, you have
everything you'll need on first boot. One more thing: it's always best to
start by installing your chipset drivers, before anything else. On all my
machines, Windows is the only thing I have on my C: drive, in order to
simplify the reformat/reinstall process. Doing this means you never have
to worry about your personal files and data, if you need to do a last
minute reformat/install.

-phil


"journey" wrote in message
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My 630m hangs for 75 seconds on the welcome screen right after the
Windows startup music sounds. I don't know what is causing it. I did
logging and the file shows that it is looking for the same drivers
over and over but Google searches didn't help much.

So, I was considering doing installing fresh without the bloatware and
this is a good time.

Basically I think what I need to do is:

- Download the current drivers to CD

- Boot from the install disk which may give me the option to wipe out
my main partition.

- That will install a fresh copy of Windows

- Install drivers.

Does anyone know if I can use an install disk from a different
computer. If I would want XP Media Center on a laptop that currently
has XP Home, can I use the other computers install disk?

Journey