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  • Dimension 3000 will not boot from CDRom drive

    I want to re-format the computer with a dell xp service pack 2 cd. The CD rom drive works fine when the computer is running in windows, and the cd rom boots fine on other computers, but the Computer will not boot the CD at start up. What's going on? Either the CD rom drive should work, or not. It...
    Posted to General Hardware (Forum) by cong06 on 12-31-2008
    Tags: Dimension 3000, ide cdrom, bootable disk, re-install

  • Help Please!!

    Ok I have a Dimension E520 that I've had for 2yrs now. So far I've to reload the OS due to a video driver that conflicted w/ my media center. Then I lost my dvd decoder software somehow. I well after getting that going, I went to plug in my i-pod to charge and mp3 player to download music. everything...
    Posted to General Hardware (Forum) by agatlin on 01-02-2009
    Tags: E520, reinstall install windows correct order, software, failure of OS installation, reboot, XP, re-install

  • Restore Partition on Dimension 9200

    I have used the restore partition on my computer several times in the past because I like to start fresh every so often. However, the restore partition has a lot of trialware installed on it, as well as some other programs that I just end up deleting. Since the computer came with all the install discs...
    Posted to General Hardware (Forum) by EdHanson on 01-05-2009
    Tags: reinstall install windows correct order, image, software, restore, Dimension 9200, Disk, re-install, reinstall

  • New Hard drive is E not C! Pls Help!!

    Hi Helpers! (gosh, I hope so), I had a new hard drive installed on my dimension 3000 computer. I installed windows xp software. Only problem is, the install thinks my hard drive is E and my dvd player is the C. As you can imagine, this has caused many problems. I am a layman when it comes to computers...
    Posted to General Hardware (Forum) by vslims on 01-26-2009
    Tags: hard drive, Dimension, Dell Dimension Hard DRive, cpu, upgrade cpu, Dimension 3000, desktops, 3000, best buy geek squad, XP, Windows XP, Desktop, re-install, Dimension 3000 Restore problems, boot problem, hard drive drive replacement

  • Getting back to the beginning

    When I first received my machine (Dim E310) ... there were several Dell applications on there to handle some of the Dell specific service and upgrade requirements. From what I can remember, this would check the Dell site every so often and look for Dell specific upgrades, similar to what the Windows...
    Posted to General Hardware (Forum) by Cheesehead Texn on 02-05-2009
    Tags: Upgrade, Dimension, Drivers and Downloads, reinstall install windows correct order, driver xp, hardware, drivers, dimension e310, e310, Dell, Desktop, Drivers XP, re-install, windows update, USB driver, reinstall OS

  • Vostro 400 problem

    My vostro 400 caught a virus so I decided to restore my whole computer . I had to reinstall my operating system first because it didn't display the PC Restore tool. I used the OS setup CD from my old computer which is a windows xp home edition while my current computer is a microsoft windows xp without...
    Posted to General Hardware (Forum) by traciebo0ox3 on 02-05-2009
    Tags: hard drive, image, Vostro 410 auto reboot, failure, restore, crashing, freezing, Windows XP, System Freeze, re-install, reformat, PC Restore, start-up, recovery, freeze, crash, computer won't start, restore problem
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