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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
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
volcano11
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Posted February 12th, 2005 14:00
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.