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December 2nd, 1999 14:00

Relaoding Inspiron 7000

I have an NT Inspiron 7000. I have used
the zzload option on my desktop system in the past to do a full reinstall just like from the factory. Anyone know how to do this for the notebook?

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December 2nd, 1999 16:00

If its not corrupted, then just run zztop, as you would with a desktop. I’m sure you’re already aware of the fact, but incase your not, the zztop image is not a true file and will eventually be written over and thus unusable. Defrag, and Norton Speed Disk, may cause the image to be written over also.

Regards
Mike

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December 6th, 1999 01:00

I advise people against zztop. It is a poor excuse for a system backup and if your system was buggy when you first got it. Then it will still be buggy after you run zztop. I advise doing a total reformat even though it is harder and takes longer then zztop. Paste the following link into your browsers address bar for more information.....:)

http://support.dell.com/us/en/kb/document.asp?DN=FA1010788

James Crivellone
JC Computers inc.

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September 28th, 2004 19:00

Probably no surprise that the (old) link no longer connects to anything.
I am in the situation where I want to reload Dell INSPIRON 7000 and am at the point where the hard drive is formatted and I can boot from hard drive or floppy drive (for Windows 9x).
However, I need a CD driver that works with the CD drive in the Inspiron 7000.
Service Tag: EKZ3Z

Robert Braxton (Alexandria, VA)

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September 29th, 2004 12:00

Thank you. For the DVD, I downloaded lux2052.exe Hard-Drive format

The size is 1,804 KB (too large) and I need floppy diskette(s) format since I do not yet have Windows 98 SE back on the Inspiron 7000.

"This file is a self-extracting image that contains the Windows 98 Luxsonar DVD driver v1.2052.0329 for the Inspiron 7000 notebook."

If you already sent (posted) DVD driver link diskette(s) version then I apologize.

Robert Braxton (Alexandria, VA)

 

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September 29th, 2004 16:00

[ nearby? (703) 461-1952 ]

On the Inspiron 7000 I have a folder C:\luxsonor containing _INST32I.EX_; _SETUP.2; _ISDEL.EXE; _SETUP.1; _SETUP.DLL; _SETUP.LIB; DISK1.ID; DISK2.ID; DVD240.INF; LUXDVD.SYS; SETUP.EXE; SETUP.INI; SETUP.INS; SETUP.ISS; SETUP.PKG; VERSION.TXT

C:\luxsonor> SETUP.exe

echos "win SETUP.exe" and this indicates to me that this is looking for Windows 98 to be installed.

Catch-22 is that I need access to the DVD drive in order to run Windows 98 SETUP

I can run in Windows on a totally different (Dell desktop GX-110) PC.

WinZip Self-Extractor

Dell Inspiron 7000 DVD Luxsonor version 1.2052.0319

IMPORTANT: This file will create the directory C:\luxsonor and run the setup automatically for you.

Following Reboot, when prompted for the Path select the C:\luxsonor directory.

[OK]

Obviously I am (densely) missing something (steps).

 

Robert Braxton (Alexandria, VA)

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February 27th, 2014 16:00

I received an older dell inspiron 7000 laptop with windows 2000 but it is in Spanish.  I tried to change language to English but it is asking for a disk.  help please

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