Dell £339 Laptop 15.4" widescreen, wireless, DVDRW (NOW GONE - that's all folks!)

fatboy2002

Bubba_Shaboo wrote:

Have a looky here:

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins1300/en/sm/upgrades.htm#wp1084976

HTH

Bubba©

thank you:)

fatboy2002

can someone assist me? i know your all racing to get to your lappys...(Bubba_Shaboo:))

but ive got an old computer..with all my programs on..eg flash..


am i right in saying if i got to the "program files" in the hard drive copy the folders on to dvd, then transfer the dvd to my new lappy..and copy the folders in to that "programs folder" will that then allow me to have the same software on my laptop?

sorry if that seems a really simple question..

billymac

Sorry but unfortunately it's not that simple - the programs almost certainly wouldn't work as when they are installed changes are made elsewhere on your computer too in addition to the program files area (other areas affected are often the windows directory and something called the registry).

The only way to get programs working properly is to install them from scratch. The other thing to watch out for if some of these programs are really old is whether they will actually run under XP - if they won't you can emulate older windows operating systems by using the XP compatibility mode. You can access that by right-clicking on the program icon on the desktop and you will find the compatibility section in there.

Hope this helps.

fatboy2002

thanks for that billymac...

ohh noo!!!i think im going to be asking every friend, left right and centre for all my old software now...grr..thanks again

Ally

Oh my giddy Aunt! was panicking as I couldn't find my passport an hour ago, then there was a knock at the door! And guess who! UPS man ... I was shocked! Said to him "oh dear, this must be the 4th time you have tried to deliver today" he said "yeah" so I called him a *ahem* liar LOL!

Anyway, managed to work out the power cable bit after about 10 minutes of "OMG theres no socket for it in the Laptop and it is sooo short .. worked out there was another bit that plugged into the Laptop and then the short cable plugged into that and then the wall LOL ... gonna go to the techie board for help getting on the internet ... plugged the telephone thingy into the BB modem thing but nothing is happening, it says cable is not connected !!

PS. I really like my new little baby I just hope I don't kill it before O/H gets home .... have seriously caused major damage to every PC we had when they were new !!!

Ally

hmmm re-read my last post ... do you think I should just MOVE AWAY ... BACK AWAY SLOWLY from the Lappy until O/H arrives ?... you know ... just incase

I am gonna wind him up something rotten and tell him we can't get it till Tuesday LOL

Browntoa

don't worry...I've already crashed mine and I know what I'm doing

did a restore and started deleting stuff agian and fingers crossed it's still working

Kilty_2

Gonna try and blag the CDs from Dell, my Inspiron doesnt have the option for burning an OS CD

Ally

Oh no ... my one has just picked up details of someone elses wireless thingy ... not going to connect to it ... can't anyway but it has her name on it ....! must remember when I set our one up not to put my full name on it!!

talkshop

Ally wrote:

Oh no ... my one has just picked up details of someone elses wireless thingy ... not going to connect to it ... can't anyway but it has her name on it ....! must remember when I set our one up not to put my full name on it!!

It will of course receive a signal from anyone elses wireless network, but if their network is encrypted, then it shows with a padlock, and you will not be able to connect anyway.