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post #21 of 32
6/14/05 at 4:19am
I did too.


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post #22 of 32
6/14/05 at 9:06am
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Originally Posted by mr. roboto
there are several drivers on the dell site, do you reccomend i install them all?
Yes, all of them that correspond to the hardware in your laptop. It looks like there's a BIOS update available, so I would do that first. After you finish the fresh XP installation, install the chipset drivers first, then the notebook system software, then the others in any order. You'll also want to download and install QuickSet.

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Originally Posted by bloodyhellscape
What do you mean? The wireless utilities won't be availible?
The system tray utilities for wireless and bluetooth won't be installed after you complete the fresh XP installation. This is why you need to download and install the drivers from Dell's website.
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post #23 of 32
6/14/05 at 12:45pm
What does the "Dell system software" do?
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post #24 of 32
6/14/05 at 1:03pm
Thread Starter 
i looked for the system software on the dell site in the driver/download page and couldnt find it. Do they refer to it as something else?
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post #25 of 32
6/14/05 at 1:14pm
I gotcha. This is the site you need roboto: http://support.dell.com/support/down...&os=WW1&osl=EN
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post #26 of 32
6/14/05 at 1:47pm
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ah, thanks for the site
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post #27 of 32
6/14/05 at 2:16pm
I *just* got my 9300. I opened it long enough to make sure it booted. Before I popped in my custom XP Pro install disk. I love this thing. Un attended installation. Automagically has my school's (used a Edu XP Pro as the base) Activation code. Installs Firefox, Thunderbird, Adaware & Spybot. Reboots

I downloaded all the drivers ahead of time. Once this disk is done (still has 30 minutes left) I'm going to put my custom driver CD in and be on my way

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Originally Posted by mr. roboto
I odreded it with the 80 gig hard drive only to have 63.2 gig's availiable after dell partitions, software ect...

thanks
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post #28 of 32
6/14/05 at 2:27pm
how did you slipstream those programs into the XP install??

I want make a install CD like that along with preffered drivers put into the install.

edit: nevermind I just found a website that explains it all.
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post #29 of 32
6/16/05 at 2:07pm
Can you post a link to that site?

Thx mate.
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post #30 of 32
6/16/05 at 2:14pm
http://unattended.msfn.org/
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post #31 of 32
6/16/05 at 2:56pm
Heck yo ucan also use nLite to lighten up your XP install. My install cd went from 550 mb siwth sp1a to 160 mb with SP2...I highly recommend it. And yeah I reformatted..after a while...not right awway
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post #32 of 32
6/16/05 at 3:21pm
I've reformatted more than once for various reasons (usually a few months apart, and based on my changing needs for the system, not on any technical problems or whatnot). I use a "real" XP Pro install instead of the one Dell provided, and I have an SP2 install file as well. Makes for a clean OS. More recently, I installed all the OS, SP2, and drivers, then made an Acronis image at that point, so next time I decide to reformat it'll be a 10 minute process instead of an hour and a half.

re: Drivers - you're best off to go to Dell, ATI / NVidia, etc. and get the latest version of the driver for your device. That way everything will be up to date and will perform at its best. (BTW, don't let Windows Update provide a driver for you - Microsquish's drivers are often a mess, I've even seen systems not be able to boot after installing them. Avoid like the plague...)
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