If your hard drive is partitioned in GPT mode, you also need repartition and format the disc. Enter the commands needed to repartition and format your drive. For example, try the following:.
On your computer, disk 0 may not be the correct disk, you can use "list disk" to find the correct disk. With your drive all ready, you can now launch the Windows XP setup with a few custom parameters. Remember that all USB devices will need to be plugged in right from the start while using the rescue drive. Replace C: with the drive you want to install Windows to.
Proceed with the installation. The setup program will then silently close, which might make you think that something went wrong. Don't worry though. Note: The above guide works with Windows XP only. Buy Now. Contact US. Insert the USB drive you intend to boot from. Instructions for doing so vary wildly from system to system, but generally entail the following: Reboot the system.
Go to the section that contains your boot devices. Exit from the BIOS configuration, saving all changes. Step 4: Prepping the Hard Disk You need to make sure that your hard drive is partitioned and formatted properly. If you run into problems with the Media Creation Tool when it comes to creating the bootable flash drive, you can use the following method. In general, we found this method more reliable than using the Media Creation Tool to create the Windows 10 bootable flash drive, and ther are a number of other advantages to using Rufus as well.
The tool will only create a single partition up to 32GB and then completely ignore the rest of the drive, and Windows-based operating systems can only handle a single partition on USB flash drives. First off, we strongly recommend using Rufus bit version to setup XP on a USB flash drive over the other methods, as its success rate is much better.
As far as we know, the bit ISO image of XP is the only compatible version that can be put on a bootable flash drive success for XP bit was limited. We also found that a lot of modern hardware refuses to detect the drive. A number of systems we have tested this with had very mixed results.
The USB media does work on a couple of laptops, but with other systems, it just boots up into a blank screen. You can read below for some more general advice as well. This can be caused by a number of things. The most common is that your system is not setup to detect or boot from USB devices. Try a different ISO image if at all possible. Attempting to install with your flash drive plugged into a USB 3. You may still use a USB 3.
If no USB 2. This was mentioned previously in the Windows 10 section, but if you are creating a USB boot drive for Windows 10 and your 64GB drive is only showing 32GB available, then you need to recreate your boot drive with Rufus. The Media Creation Tool MCT only supports drives up to 32GB, and anything larger will have a second partition made, which Windows can not detect normally but is still available if you plug it into a Linux machine for example.
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Thanks for your support! My Tweets. Select 'Create installation media for another PC' to begin the process. We'll be creating the bootable USB flash drive with the tool, so select the first option. If no installer runs, you will need to navigate to this folder and click on any setup. We will take for example R the chipset driver for my Latitude D Double click the downloaded. Select yes. Select Ok. At this stage the setup should start and you should follow through with the installation.
If it does not the driver is not installed. I usually tell it not to reboot until I install all the drivers it is faster this way and always worked for me however it is probably best to reboot when prompted.
You will get a prompt if you need to activate. If using a Dell disc on a Dell system in the method described above, then this shouldn't happen. Press the [Windows] and [Pause Break] or go to start, right click computer and click properties. If you have an error, you likely have not installed a system driver and should quickly check that you haven't missed downloading or installing something.
Right click the device with the error and select properties. Go to the driver tab and select Hardware IDs. If you wish you can check the Windows Update Catalogue with this information. In order to help us assist you with driver issues on the forums, start a new post in the Microsoft OS forum , include the above information alongside the model of Dell and the Operating System. Note restart your computer after installing all the drivers and then recheck for an error. So I am not going to argue or force my opinion here.
My personal recommendation for security programs and many other programs may be found in my Useful Software for Microsoft Windows [Free] wiki where I list download links and then give an explanation to what most of the programs do. If you know of any other free high quality software please feel free to post in the comments at the bottom of the software wiki.
For Office use your product key obtained by Belarc advisor Step 1. For more details about the Microsoft Product Identification Card see here. Microsoft Office will require a product key, you will need to purchase one if you don't have one.
Microsoft Works does not require any product key. Please leave these in the comments below. For some unknown reason Dell does not provide Dell Webcam Software under the drivers and downloads page for most systems. Here is the download link Dell Webcam Software R You may wish to download the latest version of Skype before installing the webcam driver.
Dell Support Centre may be downloaded and installed from here. It only works on home systems and does not work on Precision, Latitude or Optiplex systems.
Here is the standalone download link Dell Support Centre. Dell Dock is also not provided on the drivers and downloads page. Here is the download link Dell Dock. Follow the instructions here.
This will give you a taskbar on each monitor completing your Windows experience. Note you get a 30 day free trial of each product; for the Actual Multiple Monitors after 30 days this will revert to the free version its worth having around. The professional version is of course better and I recommend using it or Actual Windows Manager.
See here for a comparison between the professional and free version. I wrote a small wiki on their software here it needs updated however. Therefore many users opt to stay clear of BIOs updates completely.
I personally tend to update the BIOs if available after a clean install. On this screen is the model number and the BIOs revision. The BIOs revision typically this of either 2 formats:.
Restart computer. Then double click the file and run it as an administrator. Don't touch the computer until the BIOs update is complete. It should automatically log you off, update the BIOs and restart the computer. Don't power down the computer during the BIOs update as this will ensure your system is rendered completely useless. Ensure both the battery is at full charge and the AC adaptor is plugged in when updating the BIOs on a laptop.
That's everything done, you should have a fully functional system with peak performance. If you are experiencing any further problems, post on the correct forum ensure that you provide basic information such as what Operating System you are trying to install or have installed e. Windows XP 32 bit and the model of the Dell e. Dell Latitude D Feedback for these wikies and your overall forum experience is welcome in the Has the Forum Helped You?
Browse Community. Turn on suggestions. Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type. Showing results for. Search instead for. Did you mean:. Obsolete wiki: This wiki is updated to pdf format here Windows Reinstallation Guide and several other wikies are combined into this pdf. Step 1.
Back up your data. Step 2. Use Belarc Advisor Belarc Advisor will obtain details about your system. Step 3. Step 4. Step 5a. Once the model is selected you need to select the correct OS: Once you have selected Windows Vista look at the categories Click the category to expand it e.
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