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Dimension 5150 windows XP Pro
I got clobbered by a virus the other day, even though I have anti-virus SW.
I was going to just fdisk the hard drive and reinstall windows, but I was told it wouldn't work because Dell requires some specific drivers.
I ended up paying someone to do it for me. I notice on my 5150 there is a c:\dell\drivers location. Is all I have to do is to copy c:\dell\drivers onto a CD, fdsk and reinstall windows, and drop in c:\dell\drivers?
Under c:\dell\drivers there is Audio and Chipset. When/if the time comes that I must reinstall, should I run the exe files in Audio?
Thanx,
Gary
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January 28th, 2009 01:00
You can download to a CD or flash drive the needed drivers for your 5150 and then install upon reinstallation of the operating system. The process is described here:
http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/dsn/en/document?c=us&cs=19&docid=1A0C0937D62A8739E0401E0A55174744&journalid=4F1F82483DC811DBAE564F9328EE04A4&l=en&s=gen
The latest drivers are located here:
http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&ServiceTag=&SystemID=DIMENSION%205150/E510&os=WW1&osl=en&catid=&impid=
But before you do that, you might finds that your system has PC Restore already installed, which can return the system to "factory new" condition with just a few clicks, once you have backed up your data files. Depends on the date of manufacture, but worth a try, as described here:
http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/dsn/document?c=us&l=en&s=gen&docid=3E48AE3870775D64E040A68F5B2877D4&journalid= 611C78483BE66DD1E040AE0AB8E11220&Query=&SystemID=&ServiceTag=&contenttype= &os=&component=&lang=&doclang=en&toggle=&dl=false