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New Hard Drive Dell Inspiron B120
Good Day,
Dell Inspiron B120
Service Tag:
Laptop is used for Media storage etc.
The hard drive died.
I am trying to build an Unattended install XP sp3 CD.
Perhaps I should try Win 7 but I do not know if it is compatible.
I would like to avoid the “activate” and “registrtion” process.
The Dell OS Recovery Tool cannot find the OS.
I cannot get the XP Product Key used for the original Installation.
Hard Drive died. “Read Fail” on Boot.
I also cannot get the Product ID.
Nor can I get the “OEMBIOS” and “WPA” or “winnt.sif” files.
Finally, do you recommend NTFS or FAT32?
Can you help?
Thank you,
Joe
ieee488
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November 29th, 2017 05:00
Why an unattended install?
Simply buy a Dell Windows XP3 CD on eBay and install.
JoeGons
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November 29th, 2017 07:00
Will any Dell XP sp3 CD work?
I'll look for one.
Any advice about the drivers etc?
It's an Inspiron B120. Quite old.
ieee488
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November 29th, 2017 08:00
It must be a Dell XP SP3 CD. They sell for about $12.95.
The XP Home SP3 are olive label and XP Pro SP3 are turquoise blue label.
JoeGons
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November 29th, 2017 08:00
Thanks.
I'll search for one and let you know how it goes.
Drivers?
ieee488
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November 29th, 2017 15:00
Drivers are on Dell.com
You will need to install Dell notebook system software first then chipset everything else.
JoeGons
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November 29th, 2017 17:00
Thank you.
I did not see the "Dell Notebook System" in the downloads for this laptop.
Where is that found?
Joe
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November 29th, 2017 18:00
It's there. I checked. Don't use your Service Tag number.
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November 29th, 2017 18:00
Thanks.