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February 12th, 2005 13:00

dimension 8400 restore help

I just got a new 8400 and need some help/advice..

1.) it came with xp home. I tried installing xp pro and it wiped out the extra "restore" partitions. My mcahine did not come with a restore disk. if I get one from dell will it restore those partitions?

2.) After installing pro (a full cd from ms) I installed all the drivers etc from dell. It would not take the chipset & sound card software & did not run right. Is there a difference in the home & pro drivers/software? if so how can I get the pro drivers/software?

thx in advance for any help
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    1.) it came with xp home. I tried installing xp pro and it wiped out the extra "restore" partitions. My mcahine did not come with a restore disk. if I get one from dell will it restore those partitions? Dell does not provide a restore disk, only a disk with a full version of Windows XP.  Once the restore partition and diagnostic partition are gone, they cannot be restored.

    2.) After installing pro (a full cd from ms) I installed all the drivers etc from dell. It would not take the chipset & sound card software & did not run right. Is there a difference in the home & pro drivers/software? if so how can I get the pro drivers/software? There is no difference in the drivers for XP Pro and XP Home.  You might want to try downloading the drivers from the the Dell Support web site.
     
    Steve

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