Man you dont want it the way you got it from dell. They come preloaded with so much trash its not even funny. If your smart the first thing you do with a new dell is wipe the drive and do a nice clean winXP install. You also might as well wipe the drive completely and get rid of the 5-6gigs of wasted space being taken up with the dell system restore BS. I just got a new dell laptop and the thing had 65 procewsses running from the start //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crying.gif.ec0ebefe590df0251476573bc49e46d8.gif Find all your drivers you will need, and do a fresh xp install, and i mean a real xp install...do not just image the drive back to the state you got it from dell...or your a total idiot and i guess you deserve a slow crappy PC.
noob with an RS
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yup. dell installs a bunch of dumBB shit. most of it you dont need. all u honestly need is windows (an OS) and your hardware's DRIVERS. drivers.. u definitely need. and that's it. everything else is an accessory/application..
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theCybe
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It does. But it doesn't always fix the problem.
It's called "System Restore."
You can fix this problem yourself, SAG;
Pop that Dell CD in and reboot - it should say something like "Press ENTER to boot from CD."
HiAmplidude
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The computer shipped with a system restore CD. Pop it in, boot up the computer and follow any prompts you get.
You can easily view the partitions on a drive by: right-click "my computer" (or whatever you may have renamed it to, click Manage, then single-click Disk Management on the left pane. Then, on the right pane you will see all drives, even the ones that don't have a "letter" associated with them, and their partitions and partition type, along with the file system being used in each partition.
It won't let you delete the partition that your system or swapfile is on, but any inactive partitions can be deleted there. Chances are, you only have 2 partitions. One is a VERY small hidden restore partition from Dell (that won't show up there), which used to be associated with their "zztop" utility, and the other is the mass system partition.
If you have PartitionMagic (which I'm sure you don't), you can manipulate the location and size of any/all partitions on your system (to an extent).
If you do not have your Dell recovery CD, but you do have a WinXP CD, you can pop that in. When prompted "hit any key to boot from CD", hit a key. Select "Setup Windows XP" (not "repair...") and when it says "there is an existing installation of XP, what do you want to do?: Repair, install new anyway..." select Repair. That is basically installing XP over the top but completely re-"finding" and installing all of your hardware. This is also a process you can do when you upgrade or change your computer, so that you don't have to reinstall everything again. Be sure you have your CD key because it will ask you for it again.
If you want to wipe it out and start fresh, boot from CD, select "setup Windows" then when it finds your existing partition, click Delete, Enter, L, and then select "use this partition". You can use "quick format" if you want to save a bit of time. make sure your file system type is NTFS from the list.
Boom, that's how ya' do it.
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HiAmplidude
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XP will install most everything. The Dell restore CD will install absolutely everything. For anything else go to Dell.com, Support, Home, and punch in your 5-digit alpha-numeric system code where prompted. That will bring you to links for your individual hardware drivers (video, mouse, audio, etc.)
If you installed anything 3rd party, like an upgraded video card, you'll have to go to that manufacturer's site, support, drivers, and download what you need.
Lood Guck!
-HiAmp
HiAmplidude
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Yep
you just have spyware...but if you feel like you want to redo your whole computer...
grab the XP/XP Pro disk. throw it in your drive. restart. press any key to boot from cd. Follow the instructions. Makes sure you delete all partitions and if I was you I'd do NTFS file format but not the quick way. You'll know what I mean when you start redoing it. Takes an hour or two depending on your computers speed. Have fun.
grab the XP/XP Pro disk. throw it in your drive. restart. press any key to boot from cd. Follow the instructions. Makes sure you delete all partitions and if I was you I'd do NTFS file format but not the quick way. You'll know what I mean when you start redoing it. Takes an hour or two depending on your computers speed. Have fun.
theCybe
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This is not a tough process. If you use the Dell CD, it'll likely install whatever you need.
If you're using a non-dell Windows XP CD, you may have to actually learn.
If you're using a non-dell Windows XP CD, you may have to actually learn.
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