There is no recovery software available, you (the user) are on your own to try and find a Windows install disc. Maybe software is available somewhere to fix the boot problem.
There are drivers still available for XP or Vista HERE
Disable the floppy drive in the BIOS. Old BIOS used to have that.
EBay is a good place to get Windows install disks.
It'll definitley help to know which OS was on it. For example, an XP disk won't wipe Vista or newer. It'll just say the version of software on the system is newer. If you can't see which version, may be your friend remembers?
If it has Vista or newer, it won't take XP and you'll get a blue error screen part way through loading.
If it has XP, I'll leave it to another expert or Rockstar as for any BIOS settings that may need to be changed to run Vista or preferably newer.
Almost impossible for me to cover everything here. Knowing which OS was on it and what OS you want to run will definitely help. It'll also help our other experts and Rockstars to give accurate expertise and feedback.
Reminder: Microsoft discontinues support for Win7 as of Jan. 2020. One then needs to have their own security software to be safe using it online or use Win10.
Remember to try the computer without the WiFi dongle. It sounds like it was working, but slow, before then. If that doesn't help, also try it without any other peripherals, like GPU's (graphic cards) for example.
They will not boot ANY OS from the internal hard drive when the cmos battery is bad.
Duracell DL2032 batteries are easy to find because blood sugar machines use the same ones.
You will have to purchase a windows licence.
There are not recovery media available for those 12 year old models.
Windows 10 boots and works fine on them. The only drivers not found by 10 are the AUDIO and INTEL Chipset / AMT HECI SOL drivers. Everything else is native to windows 10.
fireberd
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April 6th, 2019 03:00
There is no recovery software available, you (the user) are on your own to try and find a Windows install disc. Maybe software is available somewhere to fix the boot problem.
There are drivers still available for XP or Vista HERE
Disable the floppy drive in the BIOS. Old BIOS used to have that.
bradthetechnut
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April 6th, 2019 17:00
EBay is a good place to get Windows install disks.
It'll definitley help to know which OS was on it. For example, an XP disk won't wipe Vista or newer. It'll just say the version of software on the system is newer. If you can't see which version, may be your friend remembers?
If it has Vista or newer, it won't take XP and you'll get a blue error screen part way through loading.
If it has XP, I'll leave it to another expert or Rockstar as for any BIOS settings that may need to be changed to run Vista or preferably newer.
Almost impossible for me to cover everything here. Knowing which OS was on it and what OS you want to run will definitely help. It'll also help our other experts and Rockstars to give accurate expertise and feedback.
Reminder: Microsoft discontinues support for Win7 as of Jan. 2020. One then needs to have their own security software to be safe using it online or use Win10.
Remember to try the computer without the WiFi dongle. It sounds like it was working, but slow, before then. If that doesn't help, also try it without any other peripherals, like GPU's (graphic cards) for example.
speedstep
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April 7th, 2019 16:00
These systems will fail when the cmos battery is bad.
https://www.amazon.com/Duracell-Lithium-Battery-lasting-battery/dp/B00005T3DV/
They will not boot ANY OS from the internal hard drive when the cmos battery is bad.
Duracell DL2032 batteries are easy to find because blood sugar machines use the same ones.
You will have to purchase a windows licence.
There are not recovery media available for those 12 year old models.
Windows 10 boots and works fine on them. The only drivers not found by 10 are the AUDIO and INTEL Chipset / AMT HECI SOL drivers. Everything else is native to windows 10.
AD198X 64 bit Audio
Chipset
ftp.us.dell.com/.../R174616.exe
HECI
ftp.us.dell.com/.../Intel_AMT-HECI_A02_R255437.exe
SOL
ftp.us.dell.com/.../Intel_AMT-SOL--LMS_A02_R255438.exe
Hard Drive Installation (via WinZip) with Setup.exe File for Intel_AMT-HECI_A02_R255437.exe
Download
1.Click Download Now, to download the file.
2.When the File Download window appears, click Save (Windows XP
users will click Save) this program to disk and click OK. The Save In:
window appears.
3.From the Save In: field, click the down arrow then click to
select Desktop and click Save. The file will download to your desktop.
4.If the Download Complete window appears, click Close. The file
icon appears on your desktop.
Install
1.Double-click the new icon on the desktop labeled Intel_AMT-HECI_A02_R255437.exe.
2.The Self-Extracting window appears and prompts you to extract or
unzip to C:\DELL\DRIVERS\R255437. Write down this path so the executable (I.e.
Setup.exe) file can be found later.
3.The Self-Extractor window appears.
4.Click OK.
5.After completing the file extraction, if the Self-Extractor
window is still open, close it.
6.Click the Start button and then click Run.
7.Type C:\DELL\DRIVERS\R255437 in the Open textbox and then click OK.
8.Follow the on-screen installation instructions.