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BonsaiKiller
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June 24th, 2009 09:00
First time installing an operating system!
Hi,
This weekend i will be attempting to install a copy of 64 bit Vista which i have obtained from Dell. This is my first time installing an operating system and was hoping somone could give me a brief guide as to how to do it.
So far I know that i need to put the disc in, reboot my system and press F12 at the Dell logo screen, tell it to boot from cd.
Will this then run through the whole reformatting and installation procedure automatically?
Once installation is complete i will have to go to the Dell website and download the drivers. Ive heard people talking about the Intel chipset driver...is this the one i have to install 1st?
Any help would be much appreciated!
Your procedure is correct. The installation is pretty straight forward, but you will have to answer a few prompts along the way.
Before you do this however, make note of ALL of the different pieces of hardware on your machine (network adapter, modem, video adapter, etc.) and make sure that the Dell site has Vista 64 drivers for all of them. Probably best to download and burn these to CD before installing the new OS. Have a look at this page for the correct order of installation. This is important. Good Luck!
Unless you have another computer nearby, please follow the advice to get drivers before doing the upgrade!!!
Especially the network drivers - you will not be able to go to the internet to get drivers unless you aleardy have network drivers.
You can download each driver from the support.dell.com web site as an ",exe". Copy to a USB memory key. (hopefully you will not have problems with USB drivers, otherwise, try a CD, as previously suggested. Or floppy disks.)
BonsaiKiller
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Posted June 24th, 2009 09:00
Thanks for the link, that will be a great help.