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How do I fully restore my Dell Inspiron 2200?
I’m having problems with viruses, adware, and trojans, so I need to restore my computer to factory settings. I already backed my files on 2 flash drives. If anyone can help me that would be great. If possible, I need detailed instructions, I’m not too good with computers. And I have the software and Windows XP CD’s ready to install after I restore the computer. Thanks in advance!

Ok i have a dell desktop with a “Windows XP Reinstallation CD” (w/ service pack 2) and i want to know if i can use it on a dell inspiron laptop. the laptop is having bluescreen errors at log in, so i want to do an XP repair install, can i use this cd even though it came with the desktop?

im worried about it have different drivers

This has been my experience.

When you want to buy the computer, you get to speak with a nice American in Texas or Oklahoma who is more than happy to take your money.

Once they have your money and you need customer service or support, you are always transferred out of the USA to another country where the people could care less about your problem.

Is it me or do you have the same experiences with Dell?

I bought my first Dell in 1998 and things were wayyyy different back then.

I wanted to get a new Dell laptop but I dont have the money to pay it all on the spot. I saw that the “Dell Preferred Plan/Program” lets you pay a certain amount per month for x number of years. How does that program actually work? Are there any no-no’s or advantages or disadvantages? Are there any hidden -anything- that I should know about? Any experiences?

Or if you dont have any experience with it, is there any advice?

My old computer all I had to do was click the email once and it would highlight it and then I could delete it. If I wanted to read it I had to click it twice. Is there something similar on Dell computer?

the computer is from dell and it is for 1,400 dollars but my debit card only allow me to spend 600 per day.

i know people get technician from india most of the time, and did you know there are also technician from philippines? i just want your feedback. by the way, i am a Dell technician from Phil. what can you say bout the people in philippines? because ive notice that the language barrier is an issue in inian agents.

i’ve been trying to do the thing where you reboot, then the Dell screen comes on, then you press CTRL + F11 before the XP screen comes on, but that hasn’t been working. help?

We bought a new Dell and when I type keywords into my browser, I get this Dell search engine powered by google. Only, it doesn’t find anything that google finds. It’s really not a good search engine. How can I set up my computer to use another search engine when performing keyword searches without having to go to google, yahoo or msn first?

Hi,

I’m doing a research on Dell and I recall someone telling me a long time ago that Dell has copyrights on the particular blue color they use for their logo. Does anyone know if this is true? Any sources? I’ve googled hours but can’t find anything.

I have a Dell Inspiron 9300 with a 3 Year CompleteCare Accidental Damage Warranty. How does the warranty transfer to the new owner as well as the other warranties?
Thanks.

I used Windows XP, and I was wondering if i could take a screen shot or snap shot of a picture on my Dell.
Is it possible to take pictures of only part of the screen with the “prnt scrn” button?

I’ve missed several episodes of “Terminator, The Sarah Connor Chronicles” which are available on the internet. I’m afraid I’m computer illiterate and would like someone to walk me through the process. I’ve got a Dell laptop Windows XP computer. Help!

I have got a Dell Laptop and i use that to go on to the net, but i am not keane on the inernet Explorer bar. I think its Dells own. Is there anyway i can change it? I am visuallu impared and find my other internet bar on my home internet on my home pc easier to use.

I have a Dell Inspiron 9300 and I looked it up on Dell’s website of how to do it. They say to use the Dell Restore by Symantec but I tried hitting the CTRL + F11 on startup and it doesn’t work. I think I may have uninstalled the Symantec programs. How do I go about restoring my laptop to the day I got it? By the way, I don’t have an XP Pro disc, otherwise I would manually reinstall Windows.
It didn’t come with a restore CD either. Dell’s too cheap, they said to use the software that was installed on my laptop.

For Christmas I am getting a Dell Studio 15, but it is expencive. So what kind of discount can I get for christmas?

I go to Command Prompt, type “format c:”, “Y” yes proceed with the format, and now it says “Format cannot run because the volume is in use by another process. Format may run if this volume is dismounted first. ALL OPENED HANDLES TO THIS VOLUME WOULD THEN BE INVALID. Would you like to force a dismount on this volume? (Y/N)”

What are “opened handles” and what is dismounting?

How can I format my hard drive?

I have a Dell Inspiron 5100 Notebook computer, and have here two CDs that came with the computer (I am not sure if there are any more “important” ones laying around somewhere). One is the Application CD, the other is the Drivers, Utilities, and Applications CD. Which one has the XP Operating System in it? Is it in a different CD do you think?
I forgot to mention that when I press “y”es to dismount the hard drive, it says that it cannot and then it won’t let me format the drive.

Dose the new apple wireless keyboard work with dell computers?Im buying a new pc and don’t know if i should buy an apple Wireless keyboard and mouse.

I’m trying to save a video onto my computer so I can upload it to youtube, but dell media experience keeps popping up and I can’t figure out how to save it to the computer from that program. Is there another way to save it?

I got a trojan horse virus on my computer last week that was playing around with my internet connection. AVG detected the virus. I ran the reovery CD to do the system restore to get it back to the original operating state (hopefully this wiped out all the bad stuff?). Since then, the machine works great, but Windows XP doesn’t detect the modem drivers. I’ve tried them all: Unplugging, rebooting, going into the device manager and right clicking on the drivers, and I even called Dell to help me using the drivers utility CD, that did not even work. I even had the internet company come out to check and they could not get the modem to be recognized. They did tell me that the modem is working just fine, but my computer can’t detect the modem drivers. I am using friend’s computer to access internet, but this is driving me crazy. Please help!
The machine is a Dell XPS 400 if that helps
The modem was working fine before doing the system restore

Can you get a discount if you bought a Dell desktop three months ago and want to buy one 8 months from now? Like can I get $100 off or something?

I’m having trouble with my dell windows xp home edition that I bought last year, It keeps saying that my computer is running low on virtual memory and I have 0% space left. I tried every clean up thing there is. Is there anyway to have your computer wiped so its just like it was when you started the computer for the first time? Thanx.

I’ve purchased a Dell Inspiron 6400 on Monday August 6th, and I was given a forecast day of Friday August 17th.

Surely It does’nt take THAT long to build a laptop?

How long did it take for Dell to build and deliver yours?

My friend asked me to try to fix his dell computer. He had the admin password but forgot it. I am trying to find a way to reset the password without having the previous password. Otherwise I can not get the computer past the login screen. Thanks