Dell Inspiron 500m - Manual (Page 7)

Contents 7
Video and Display Problems
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87
If the display is blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
If the display is difficult to read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
If only part of the display is readable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Scanner Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
If you cannot save a file to a floppy drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
If you have problems with a hard drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
PC Card Problems
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91
General Program Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
A program crashes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
A program stops responding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Error messages appear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
If Your Computer Gets Wet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
If You Drop or Damage Your Computer
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94
Resolving Other Technical Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
What Is a Driver? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Identifying Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Manually Reinstalling Drivers for Windows XP . . . . . . . . . 97
Using System Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Creating a Restore Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Restoring the Computer to an Earlier Operating State . . . . . . 98
Undoing the Last System Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Resolving Software and Hardware Incompatibilities . . . . . . . 99
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