Reinstalling Drivers and the Operating System: Dell OptiPlex 320 User's Guide
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If an exclamation point is next to the device name, you may need to reinstall the driver or install a new driver (see
Reinstalling Drivers and the Operating System
Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities
NOTICE:
The Dell Support website at
support.dell.com
and your
Drivers and Utilities
CD (
Resource
CD) provide
approved drivers for Dell™ computers. If you install drivers obtained from other sources, your computer might not
work correctly.
NOTE:
The
Drivers and Utilities
CD (
Resource
CD) is optional, and as such, may not ship with certain computers.
Using Windows XP Device Driver Rollback
If a problem occurs on your computer after you install or update a driver, use Windows XP Device Driver Rollback to replace
the driver with the previously installed version.
1. Click the
Start
button and click
Control Panel
.
2. Under
Pick a Category
, click
Performance and Maintenance
.
3. Click
System
.
4. In the
System Properties
window, click the
Hardware
tab.
5. Click
Device Manager
.
6. Right-click the device for which the new driver was installed and click
Properties
.
7. Click the
Drivers
tab.
8. Click
Roll Back Driver
.
If Device Driver Rollback does not resolve the problem, then use System Restore (see
) to return
your computer to the operating state that existed before you installed the new driver.
Using the Optional Drivers and Utilities CD
If using Device Driver Rollback or System Restore (see
Using Microsoft® Windows® XP System Restore
) does not resolve the
problem, then reinstall the driver from the
Drivers and Utilities
CD (also known as the
Resource
CD).
NOTE:
The
Drivers and Utilities
CD (
Resource
CD) is optional, and as such, may not ship with all computers.
NOTE:
To access device drivers and user documentation, you must use the
Drivers and Utilities
CD (
Resource
CD)
while your computer is running Windows.
1. Insert the
Drivers and Utilities
CD.
If this is your first time to use the
Drivers and Utilities
CD, the
Installation
window opens to inform you that the CD
will begin the installation. Click
OK
and respond to the installation program prompts to complete the installation.
2. Click
Next
at the
Welcome Dell System Owner
screen.
3. Choose the appropriate selections for
System Model
,
Operating System
,
Device Type
,
and
Topic
.
4. Click
My Drivers
in the
Topic
drop-down menu.
The
Drivers and Utilities
CD scans your computer's hardware and operating system and then displays a list of device