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insprion 6000 and XP help
Hello all,
I just purchased a Dell off Ebay and was told it came with a clean copy of XP. Well its not. I know Dell is a proprietary computer system, so do I need to buy a XP disk from Dell with there drivers to make the notebook work correctly? TIA, Dave- |
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insprion 6000 and XP help
Xanth wrote: Hello all, I just purchased a Dell off Ebay and was told it came with a clean copy of XP. Well its not. I know Dell is a proprietary computer system, so do I need to buy a XP disk from Dell with there drivers to make the notebook work correctly? TIA, Dave- "proprietary"? it's a PC, nothing special. if you want a clean install, get an OEM copy of XP and visit the dell website for the drivers. put in the system tag, and download all the drivers for your laptop (chipset, audio, video, modem, etc) and burn to a CD. install windows, then install drivers (chipset first) and you're good to go. alternately you could try and get an original restore disk for your specific laptop in case it's cheaper than OEM windows, but i doubt they'll sell you one... ric |
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insprion 6000 and XP help
buy a dell labeled windows cd from ebay
Xanth wrote: Hello all, I just purchased a Dell off Ebay and was told it came with a clean copy of XP. Well its not. I know Dell is a proprietary computer system, so do I need to buy a XP disk from Dell with there drivers to make the notebook work correctly? TIA, Dave- |
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insprion 6000 and XP help
since you already have a license sticker that's attached to the computer
side, right? you can buy a dell branded cd to match the license that is on your computer case. you can also try calling dell to see if tech support wil send you a cd, tell them you didnt receive one when you got the computer. i wouldnt say you got it on ebay though. Jay B wrote: buy a dell labeled windows cd from ebay Xanth wrote: Hello all, I just purchased a Dell off Ebay and was told it came with a clean copy of XP. Well its not. I know Dell is a proprietary computer system, so do I need to buy a XP disk from Dell with there drivers to make the notebook work correctly? TIA, Dave- |
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insprion 6000 and XP help
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Install plain, generic Windows XP, then install the drivers for the Inspiron 6000 that you can download from the Dell Web site. All of the drivers are available for separate download. Xanth wrote: Hello all, I just purchased a Dell off Ebay and was told it came with a clean copy of XP. Well its not. I know Dell is a proprietary computer system, so do I need to buy a XP disk from Dell with there drivers to make the notebook work correctly? TIA, Dave- |
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insprion 6000 and XP help
well you could try pressing f11 durring the power on self test (post) and
see if a recovery menu appears. there is a chance the the original factory software image still exisits on the drive and can be re-loaded to factory fresh state. otherwise, like others said, just get a dell branded windows xp cd from ebay as it won't require activation on your system. plus get your drivers from dell site he http://tinyurl.com/8pwum and this dell utility will walk you through step by step installation of windows... http://tinyurl.com/ydepxv "Xanth" wrote in message ... Hello all, I just purchased a Dell off Ebay and was told it came with a clean copy of XP. Well its not. I know Dell is a proprietary computer system, so do I need to buy a XP disk from Dell with there drivers to make the notebook work correctly? TIA, Dave- |
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