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February 23rd, 2005 21:00

cbball.

For any replacement CDs contact Dell Technical Support, also this check out this post.

http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=cc_general&message.id=54549

The Dell XP reinstallation CD is bootable and can be used to both partition and format the hard drive.

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Bev.

 

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February 23rd, 2005 21:00

When I call Dell, they ask for your service tag... I'm having troubles finding out which set of numbers it is...
 
I have:
X08 34930,
F6YK811,
00043-124-453-551          - I would assume that's it... but the examples they give you when you click "Find out my service tag" are 5 or 6 characters?
 
*Champ* '05

February 23rd, 2005 23:00

You need a bunch of drivers after you run the installation cd.  They can be downloaded, but that's another can of worms I'm dealing with right now.  I've got the next step...Dimension 4600.

February 23rd, 2005 23:00

The EXPRESS SERVICE CODE number is on the side of your computer.  Its a little sticker.  Your SERVICE TAG is a bunch of letters and a couple numbers and it should be part of that sticker also.

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February 24th, 2005 00:00

cbball.

To find the Dell Express Service Code and Service Tag

http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/kb/en/document?dn=1027149&c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19

You could also, Click Start > Click "Help and Support" > Click "Computer Information" and it should be there.

Bev.

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February 24th, 2005 13:00

Hi Cbball

 

The windows xp disk will allow you to reformat you HD it is a bootalbe CD. Make sure you choose an ntfs partition.

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