Dell Vostro 1200 (Early 2009) User Manual

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Reinstalling Software

6 Click the driver that you want to reinstall and follow the instructions on

the screen.

If a particular driver is not listed, then that driver is not required by your

operating system.

Using the Drivers and Utilities Media

If using Device Driver Rollback or System Restore (see "Restoring Your

Operating System" on page 110) does not resolve the problem, then reinstall

the driver from the Drivers and Utilities media.

1 Save and close any open files, and exit any open programs.
2 Insert the Drivers and Utilities media.

In most cases, the CD/DVD starts running automatically. If it does not,

start Windows Explorer, click your CD/DVD drive directory to display the

CD/DVD contents, and then double-click the

autorcd.exe file. The first

time that you run the CD/DVD, it might prompt you to install setup files.

Click

OK, and follow the instructions on the screen to continue.

3 From the Language drop-down menu in the toolbar, select your preferred

language for the driver or utility (if available).

4 At the welcome screen, click Next and wait for the CD/DVD to complete

the hardware scan

5 To detect other drivers and utilities, under Search Criteria, select the

appropriate categories from the

System Model, Operating System, and

Topic drop-down menus.
A link or links appear(s) for the specific drivers and utilities used by your

computer.

6 Click the link of a specific driver or utility to display information about the

driver or utility that you want to install.

7 Click the Install button (if present) to begin installing the driver or utility.

At the welcome screen, follow the screen prompts to complete the

installation.
If no

Install button is present, automatic installation is not an option. For

installation instructions, either see the appropriate instructions in the

following subsections, or click

Extract, follow the extracting instructions,

and then read the readme file.

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