Operating system reinstallation – Dell Inspiron 1546 (Late 2009) User Manual

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Restoring Your Operating System

Operating System

Reinstallation

Before You Begin

If you are considering reinstalling the Windows

operating system to correct a problem with a

newly installed driver, first try using Windows

Device Driver Rollback.
To roll back a device driver:

Click

1.

Start

.

Right-click

2.

Computer.

Click

3.

Properties

Device Manager.

Right-click the device for which the new

4.

driver was installed, and click Properties.
Click the

5.

Drivers tab

Roll Back Driver.

If Device Driver Rollback does not resolve the

problem, then use System Restore to return your

operating system to the operating state it was in

before you installed the new device driver.

CAUTION: Before performing the
installation, back up all data files on your
primary hard drive. For conventional hard
drive configurations, the primary hard
drive is the first drive detected by the
computer.

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