Installing software after replacing harddrive

Question

Dell diagnostices tells me the harddrive in my Vostro 1700 is failing. I plan to replace the HD. Where can I obtain instructions for restoring the new HD to the way the original HD was when I purchased the laptop? I have three CDs that came with the laptop:Operating System Windows XP Pro SP2; Drivers and Utilities; and Utilities for Bluetooth keyboard and mouse. The current HD has four partitions: one for Dell utilties, C: for software, D: for my documents; and another one for something unknown to me. I have already copied My Documents to an external harddive.I would like to know everything that will need to be done to make the laptop like new before I replace the HD. Your help is appreciated.

ejn63 · Answer

http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/kcs/document?c=us&l=en&s=gen&docid=DSN_347576&isLegacy=true

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