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  • Forum Post: Windows 8 – error message, automatic restart and then it just freezes.

    Hello, everyone. I’ve just bought a brand new Dell Inspiron 15z with Windows 8 installed from the factory and now I’m facing issues. I was having problems with my wi-fi network repeatedly (even though the network was working just fine on other devices) and was having to restart the computer...
  • Forum Post: Re: how to reinstall an OS on a Dell Mini without CD/DVD drives

    DELL-Larry R I'm not sure what exactly is needed to do this, but I have heard of numerous people that have done OS installs via USB key in the past. Most recently I have heard of it done specifically with the Mini 9, so you should be able to.
  • Forum Post: 15r-5520 - How do I remove the pre installed Nero trial ware?????

    Picked up the laptop yesterday new and saw that it has a preinstalled version of nero 10 trial ware. Since I already own Nero 10 and 11 I opted not to buy yet another version of Nero 12 bloat ware. So I went to add/remove and removed Nero 10. When I did that and restated the laptop I missing plug...
  • Forum Post: Inspiron 15 - restore fail

    I am working on a Dell Inspiron N5030 with Windows 7. Somebody before me tried to do a factory restore and it didn't work. Called me and I followed all the steps on the how to use the Data Safe restore. My only option apparently is to restore to "last full backup". I did that several times...
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