System crashed, have reinstalled but now can't switch on wifi.

-TangleFoot-

Sounds like you've installed Windows in what was once the restore partition. I suggest you start over, with one modification: when you see this screen, delete every partition you can see. That way, you'll end up with a single large partition instead of several little ones.

daily_2

What's on e:?

Guapa1

:eek:

Start again? Does that mean reinstalling the service packs too?

On the E disk: DELL, documents and settings, program files, and WINDOWS.

daily_2

From the command prompt, type

set

if windir = c:\windows then the stuff on e is probably the restore partition, and the message is nothing to worry about, you can turn off low disk space notifications if you wish.

if windir = e:\windows then you've installed windows to the wrong place.

If you had a restore/recovery partition btw, this whole process could have been much easier.

-TangleFoot-

Guapa1 wrote: »

Start again? Does that mean reinstalling the service packs too?

Yup.

Guapa1

* deep sigh*
Oh well, it's all a learning process eh?

Should I make one of these restore partions before starting the reinstall process?

-TangleFoot-

Guapa1 wrote: »

Should I make one of these restore partions before starting the reinstall process?

Only the likes of Dell can do that and in my opinion it's a waste of space anyway.

daily_2

Recovery partition is installed by Dell, to make restoring to factory settings easy. If that's what you have, then you could have done the whole install with drivers in 10 minutes.

Guapa1

OK then thank you, see you in a few hours LOL xx

Guapa1

Just to be sure, delete everything, don't leave not even 1?