Dell Inspiron 4150 - Manual (Page 18)

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Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities
Dell™ Inspiron™ 4150
Overview
Resolving Software and Hardware Incompatibilities
Using Microsoft® Windows® XP System Restore
Overview
Dell ships your computer to you with required drivers and utilities already installed—no further installation or configuration is needed.
To reinstall drivers for optional devices such as wireless communications, DVD drives, and ZIP drives, you may need the CD and documentation that came with
those devices.
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 autocd.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
1. After extracting the driver files to your hard drive as described in the previous section, click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control
Panel.
2. Click the Start button and right-click My Computer.
3. Click Properties.
4. Click the Hardware tab and click Device Manager.
5. Double-click the type of device for which you are installing the driver (for example, Modems or Infrared devices).
6. Double-click the name of the device for which you are installing the driver.
7. Click the Driver tab and then click Update Driver.
8. Select Install from a list or specific location (Advanced), and then click Next.
9. Click Browse, and browse to the location to which you previously extracted the driver files.
10. When the name of the appropriate driver appears, click Next.
11. Click Finish and restart your computer.
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.
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.
HINT: If you are reinstalling an infrared sensor driver, you must first enable the infrared sensor in the system setup program (see " Using the System
Setup Program ") before continuing with the driver installation.