Dell Laptop reformat

skinnymat72

I think i just messed up my laptop!!!!!!!

I wanted to get rid of all the dell rubbish that comes installed so i tried to burn a recovery disc but that failed on 87%.

So i installed the windows disk that came with it and when it started up again there is no wireless connection program for me to connect to the internet.

Do i need to install drivers from somewhere?

Anyone any ideas of how i can get back to factory settings and i will put up with all the dell rubbish on there coz i just want my internet connect back on my laptop.

Will i have to send back to dell to get it sorted?

Any help would be great. Thanks.

Browntoa

you should still have the restore partition on the Laptop that resets it to as it left the factory

hit CTRL PF11 on start up when you see the blue Dell bar at the top of the screen, it should take you into it and off you go

chuckles1066

skinnymat72 wrote:

I think i just messed up my laptop!!!!!!!

I wanted to get rid of all the dell rubbish that comes installed so i tried to burn a recovery disc but that failed on 87%.

So i installed the windows disk that came with it and when it started up again there is no wireless connection program for me to connect to the internet.

Do i need to install drivers from somewhere?

Anyone any ideas of how i can get back to factory settings and i will put up with all the dell rubbish on there coz i just want my internet connect back on my laptop.

Will i have to send back to dell to get it sorted?

Any help would be great. Thanks.

You should have a Resource CD which contains all the drivers you need.

If not, you can visit Dell's website, tap in your service tag and it'll list the latest drivers for your system under various categories (soundcard, network drivers etc etc).

Browntoa

I think the OP made the error of overwriting the original load of Windows rather than using Add/Remove Programs to remove the Dell pre-loaded crap, might be easier to get back to the factory setting then do a manual delete of the crap ??

skinnymat72

How do i get to restore partion? i think i tried crtl and f11 but it did not work. is it crtl letter p and f11?

Also im not sure if i have a resource cd as i opted for a windows xp disk. i have 2 disks from dell which are blue and green and have applications on them.Are these the resource cds?

Thanks for replies.

Browntoa

just CTRL and F11

skinnymat72

Just tried that and nothing happens. it just carries on to windows boot up screen. i have no idea why?

Browntoa

have you tried the disk that failed at 87%, it works apparently !!

you need to go into the BIOS/ set up facilty on boot up and get it to boot from the CD drive first

if not you will have to do what the other poster said and download all the drivers etc on the Dell site andd burn them to a Cd to transfer to the Laptop

the Applications disk is all the stuff that was installed when it cam, mgiht be all you need

zappahey

skinnymat72 wrote:

i have 2 disks from dell which are blue and green and have applications on them.Are these the resource cds?

Thanks for replies.

The resource disk is normally blue and will say Resource Disk on the label.