Dell Inspiron 3500 - Manual (Page 28)

The first time you insert the MPEG-2 PC Card, the New Hardware Found dialog box appears with the following statement:
DELL-DVD Player
Windows has found new hardware and is locating the software for it.
Then another dialog box appears with the following statement:
Add New Hardware Wizard
This Wizard searches for new drivers for:
Dell-DVD Player
3. Click Next.
A dialog box appears with the following question:
What do you want Windows to do?
4. Click Search for the best driver for your device (Recommended).
5. Click Next.
A dialog box appears with the following statement:
Windows will search for new drivers in its driver database on your hard drive, and in any of the following selected
locations.
6. Click (uncheck) the boxes next to Floppy disk drives and Specify location.
7. Click (check) the box next to CD-ROM drive.
8. Click Next.
A dialog box appears with the following statement:
Windows will search for the driver.
Windows driver file search for the device:
DELL-DVD_Player.
9. Click Next.
The Copying Files dialog box appears with the following message:
The file ‘InstAgnt.exe’ on (Unknown) cannot be found.
10. Click Browse.
11. Click the arrow next to the Drives menu.
12. Select the drive letter (for example, E or G) with the CD icon.
13. Click OK.
14. Click OK again.
The computer automatically installs the DVD device driver onto the hard-disk drive.
After the DVD device driver is installed, your computer emits two beeps notifying you that the MPEG-2 PC Card is recognized.
15. Click Finish.
After the driver software installation has been completed, an installation application for the DVD-to-Go Player software launches automatically.
During the installation, you may need to wait for 6 to 8 seconds between some of the installation windows while the software is being installed from the CD. Do not try to rush
through the installation as you may skip over some important steps. Provide all requested information. For example, be sure to select the appropriate region code.
Creating the Save-to-Disk Suspend File
If you are installing a new hard-disk drive or if you are rebuilding a hard-disk drive with corrupted software and you want to be able to use the save-to-disk suspend
mode, you must use the phdisk.exe utility on the Dell Inspiron 3500 System Software CD to create a save-to-disk suspend file. When save-to-disk suspend mode is
activated, all system data is stored in this file.
To create the save-to-disk suspend file, perform the following steps:
1. Insert the Microsoft Boot Disk Windows 98 Series diskette into the external diskette drive.
2. Restart the system.
3. When the Microsoft Windows 98 Startup Menu appears, select Start computer with CD-ROM Support and press <Enter>.
4. When the MS-DOS ® prompt appears, insert the Dell Inspiron 3500 System Software CD into the CD-ROM or optional DVD-ROM drive.
5. At the MS-DOS prompt, type x:, where x is the drive letter for your CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive, and press <Enter>.
The MS-DOS prompt changes to your CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive.
6. Type cd\utility and press <Enter>.
7. Type phdisk/create/file and press <Enter>.
The utility calculates the size of the file, in kilobytes, based on the amount of system memory in your computer, plus 2 MB of video memory and additional system requirements.
8. Follow the instructions on your screen to create the save-to-disk suspend file.
To check the size of the save-to-disk suspend file, type phdisk/info at an MS-DOS prompt and press <Enter>.
If you need to delete the save-to-disk suspend file, type phdisk/delete/file at an MS-DOS prompt and press <Enter>.
Installing the System User’s Guide
See Documentation to download the Dell Inspiron 3500 System User’s Guide, if needed. Click Dell Inspiron 3500 User's Guide (.hlp) and, when prompted, save
the file to your hard-disk drive.
NOTE: Only the lower PC Card slot connector is designed for use with ZV-capable PC Cards.
NOTE: Your only chance to select the region code occurs during the installation procedure. You cannot change it later. Each region, as defined
in the installation software, encodes DVDs differently. You cannot switch back and forth between differently coded regional DVDs. Once you
choose a region, your PC Card can only play DVDs designed to be sold in that region.
NOTE: Make sure that there is a space between phdisk/create and/file.