Windows 8 Recovery Media on new hard drive
My hard drive failed last week, and is not under warranty. I purchased a new hard drive and thought I could use the "Dell- Windows 8 Recovery Media" disc I was given at purchase, to re-install the OS...
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I have an inspiron660s desktop. i bought a new 1.0tg hard drive, installed it and I get "No boot device available" message when i start up? what does this mean?
View ArticleVostro 200 Upgrades & Foxconn G33M02 BIOS Update on W10?
Greetings,It's weird seeing a 2015 post on a super old system, but I've just received a Vostro 200 Mini Tower for free from a friend.Specs are as follow:Windows 10 Pro 32-bitIntel Core 2 Duo E4500 @...
View ArticleOptiplex 990 upgrade from Windows7 to Windows 10
Has anyone tried to upgrade Dell Optiplex 990 from Windows 7 Pro to Windows 10? I'm having problems upgrading and could use some advice. Thanks
View ArticleRetrograding Win10 to Win7 on new XPS8700
Can someone please tell me if I can do the following:I have an old XPS8300 running Win7. Several things died on the machine, so I decided to buy a new XPS8700 running Win10. Before the 8300 died I...
View ArticleXPS 13 L321X Touchpad doesn't work anymore
The touchpad stopped working a few days ago. I'm running Windows 10 and Office 2016. I'm hoping you can help. I've gone to the touch pad settings and everything looks fine there.
View Articleno boot device found or hard drive root on dellinsprion desk top all in one...
no boot device found or hard drive root on dell insprion desk top all in one pc lost dell disk to reinstall
View ArticleHD failure, how to get OS to new HD?
I have a Dell XPS from around 2011 that came with Win7 Home Premium, and recently upgraded to Windows 10, worked great for a while. Win10 started acting erratically so I tried a restart, and could not...
View ArticleHelp needed with 0xc0000001 error while opening DRAB from boot menu and also...
I am using laptop dell inspiron 15 5558 with windows 8.1 pre-installed in it.I wanted to reinstall the windows but I didn't have any recovery media. Also I am unable to create a new recovery media from...
View ArticleLatitude E6530, wired network stopped working after BIOS update
HiI updated the BIOS of my E6530 using Dell Command Update, since it was a recommended update. The update was called "Dell Latityde E6530 System BIOS" version "A17". After reboot, the wired network...
View ArticleDell laptop 3537
I have Dell Laptop 3537 I5 and when i shot down it restarts after 5 seconds so please can someone help me
View ArticleInspiron 11 3000 2-in-1
I recently received this machine and I'm having so many issues I think I'd be on the phone with Dell for 2 hours. I'd greatly appreciate any help and soon bc the 'return' date is quickly approaching.-...
View ArticleXPS 15z, Windows 10 drivers?
Will there be Windows 10 driver support for XPS 15z? If not, please consider it. And please make it proper, because the drivers for Windows 8 were incomplete and some of them, like Intel HD Graphics,...
View ArticleDataSafe can't find Recovery Partition
Hi, I have an Inspiron 1545 with Windows7 and I'm trying to create a recovery USB stick in the event the system has a problem. When running the DataSafe Local Backup application, the main screen says...
View Articleinstalling windows 7 on new drive in XPS 8900 desktop
I just bought the XPS 8900 desktop.Was supposed to come with windows 10 but when it boots it is windows 7 pro sp1.So I replaced the drive with a samsung 500GB ssd.Booted from my windows 7 ultimate cd...
View ArticleNeeding to download Lattitude E6520 drivers onto USB disc
After reinstalling Windows 7 Home Premiun on my Lattitude E6520, I'm finding that none of the wifi drivers are present and working. I cannot get on the internet at all.So I need to be able to download...
View Article(Redirected) DELL 17R SE 7720 - How to change boot drive from 1TB mechanical...
I have installed a 250GB mSATA SSD. I want Windows to run from this SSD and not from the 1TB drive. How do I do this?
View ArticleDell lost my Windows COA
I wonder if somebody can help me. My Inspiron 17-3721 laptop with Windows 7 Professional was sent to the Dell Repair Depot because its touchpad broke. The repair went fine, but my laptop was returned...
View ArticleDell Inspiron N5110 not supporting Windows 10?
I will try one more time to make this post cause the previous one never went live.I have a 3 years old Dell Inspiron N5110 i5/8GB ram/Nvidia/ Win 7 home premium and i am very happy with its performance...
View ArticleHow to Upgrade to Windows 10 - Information on Obtaining a Clean Install
Checklist Before Upgrading to Windows 10Ensure you have created Windows 7/8.1 USB Recovery Media using Dell Backup and Recovery version 1.8.7.2 this will allow you to reinstall your old Windows version...
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