Dell Vostro 410 (Late 2008) User Manual

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Reinstalling Software

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2 When the Drivers and Utilities media installation program starts, follow

the prompts on the screen.

NOTE:

In most cases, the

Drivers and Utilities

program starts running

automatically. If it does not, start Windows Explorer, click your media drive
directory to display the media contents, and then double-click the autorcd.exe
file.

3 When the InstallShield Wizard Complete window appears, remove the

Drivers and Utilities media and click Finish to restart the computer.

4 When you see the Windows desktop, reinsert the Drivers and Utilities

media.

5 At the Welcome Dell System Owner screen, click Next.

NOTE:

The

Drivers and Utilities program displays drivers only for hardware

that came installed in your computer. If you installed additional hardware, the
drivers for the new hardware might not be displayed. If those drivers are not
displayed, exit the

Drivers and Utilities program. For drivers information, see

the documentation that came with the device.

A message stating that the Resource media is detecting hardware in your
computer appears.

The drivers that are used by your computer are automatically displayed in
the My Drivers—The ResourceCD has identified these components in
your system window.

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.

Manually Reinstalling Drivers

After extracting the driver files to your hard drive as described in the previous
section:

1 Click the Windows Vista Start button

, and right-click Computer.

2 Click Properties→ Device Manager.

NOTE:

The User Account Control window may appear. If you are an

administrator on the computer, click Continue; otherwise, contact your
administrator to enter the Device Manager.

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