Dell LATITUDE D400 - Manual (Page 75)

Reinstalling Software
Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities
Resolving Software and Hardware Incompatibilities
Using Microsoft® Windows® System Restore
Reinstalling Microsoft® Windows® XP
Reinstalling Windows 2000
Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities
Dell ships your computer to you with required drivers and utilities already installed—no further installation or configuration is
needed.
NOTICE: The Drivers and Utilities CD may contain drivers for operating systems that are not on your computer. Ensure
that you are installing software appropriate for your operating system.
To reinstall drivers for optional devices such as wireless communications and DVD drives, you may need the CD and
documentation that came with those devices.
NOTICE: The Dell Support website, support.dell.com, and the Drivers and Utilities CD provide approved drivers for
Dell™ computers. If you install drivers from other sources, your computer might not work correctly.
To reinstall a driver or utility from your Drivers and Utilities CD:
1. Save and close any open files, and exit any open programs.
2. Insert the Drivers and Utilities CD.
In most cases, the CD starts running automatically. If it does not, start Microsoft® Windows® Explorer, click your CD
drive directory to display the CD contents, and then double-click the autorcd.exe file. The first time that you run the
CD, 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).
A welcome screen appears.
4. Click Next. The CD automatically scans your hardware to detect drivers and utilities used by your computer.
After the CD completes the hardware scan, you can also 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.
5. Click the link of a specific driver or utility to display information about the driver or utility that you want to install.
6. 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 read the
readme file.
If instructed to navigate to the driver files, click the CD directory on the driver information window to display the files
associated with that driver.
Manually Reinstalling Drivers for Windows XP