Dell M4400 - Precision Mobile Workstation, Quick Reference Manual

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Reinstalling Software
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When the Drivers and Utilities media installation program starts, follow
the prompts on the screen.
NOTE:
In most cases, the
Drivers and Utilities
program starts running
automatically. If it does not, start Windows Explorer, click your media drive
directory to display the media contents, and then double-click the
autorcd.exe
file.
3
When the InstallShield Wizard Complete window appears, remove the
Drivers and Utilities media and click Finish to restart the computer.
4
When you see the Windows desktop, reinsert the Drivers and Utilities
media.
5
At the Welcome Dell System Owner screen, click Next .
NOTE:
The Drivers and Utilities program displays drivers only for hardware
that came installed in your computer. If you installed additional hardware, the
drivers for the new hardware might not be displayed. If those drivers are not
displayed, exit the
Drivers and Utilities program. For drivers information, see
the documentation that came with the device.
A message stating that the Resource media is detecting hardware in your
computer appears.
The drivers that are used by your computer are automatically displayed in
the
My Drivers—The ResourceCD has identified these components in
your system window.
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Click the driver that you want to reinstall and follow the instructions on
the screen.
If a particular driver is not listed, then that driver is not required by your
operating system.
Manually Reinstalling Drivers
After extracting the driver files to your hard drive as described in the previous
section:
1
Click the Windows Vista Start button , and right-click Computer .
2
Click Properties
→
Device Manager .
NOTE:
The
User Account Control
window may appear. If you are an
administrator on the computer, click Continue ; otherwise, contact your
administrator to enter the Device Manager.