Re: Install dell software on Inspiron


John John wrote:
I see. If the laptop is brand new you might want to call Dell and
explain your situation, they might send you the cd's with the
applications. DON'T tell them you upgraded to XP Pro! They might say
that it's not supported and so on, that now the warranty is void! Just
make up a sob story saying that you lost everything on the laptop,
including service partition and that you can't get the laptop to work.
They might send you a recovery kit with Windows Home and all the
applications that came installed on the laptop.

John

Ghazal wrote:

The main reason was that the existing partitions were in a very unsound
condition and I wanted to assign about 40G of free space on C: to other
partitions. My technician advised me to do as I did. Now all previous
settings (including the service partition probably) are gone and I
didn't make a Recovery Disk set before as R. McCarty said. The only
application that came with a CD is WordPerfect. Dell apps are on Dell's
drivers and downloads page, but no 3rd party software.


John John wrote:

Probably a stupid question after the fact but why didn't you just use
your XP Pro cd to upgrade the laptop from Home to Pro? There was no
need to format the hard drive and go through the hassles that ensued.

There is a service partition on that laptop, (or there should be),
consult the documentation that came with the laptop for instructions on
how to use it to restore Dell installed applications.

John

Ghazal wrote:


I got a new Dell Inspiron 6400 that came with an XP Home (no cds). I
burned a CD containing the 3 folders on my C drive that included the OS
and the drivers (i386+dell+drivers). Then I formatted the hard disk,
repartitioned, and installed an XP Pro that I had. I have installed the
drivers also. Where do I install the software that came with my laptop
(no application seems to run from the "dell" folder I burned onto the
CD)?




Hi John

Thank you but I'm not in the US and no Dell service ... I switched to
my Nero and Norton apps!

Ghazal
Ghazal

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