See "manually reinstalling drivers" on, If not, go to step 5 – Dell Inspiron 531s (Mid 2007) User Manual

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

NOTE:

The Drivers and Utilities media 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 by the Drivers and
Utilities

media. If those drivers are not displayed, exit the Drivers and Utilities

media program. For drivers information, see the documentation that came
with the device.

A message appears, stating that the Drivers and Utilities media is detecting
hardware in your computer.

The drivers that are used by your computer are automatically displayed in
the My Drivers—The Drivers and Utilities media 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, that driver is not required by your
operating system.

Manually Reinstalling Drivers

NOTE:

You must be logged in with Administrator privileges to perform this procedure.

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

Windows XP:

1 Click Start, and then right-click My Computer→ Properties.
2 Click the Hardware tab, then click Device Manager.
3 Double-click the type of device for which you are installing the driver.
4 Double-click the name of the device for which you are installing the driver.
5 Click the Driver tab, then click Update Driver.
6 Click Install from a list or specific location (Advanced), then click Next.
7 Click Browse and browse to the location to which you previously extracted

the driver files.

8 When the name of the appropriate driver appears, click Next.
9 Click Finish, and then restart your computer.

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