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| Thread ID: 73125 | 2006-10-08 06:10:00 | Clean Windows XP Installation Help | Steelers82kk (10143) | Press F1 |
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| 490030 | 2006-10-08 06:10:00 | I bought a dell computer about 6 months ago. It came with Widnows XP Home Edition SP2 installed already. I decided that i'd rather use Linux Ubuntu because it is more stable so i installed Ubuntu over the whole hard drive. Now about 2 days ago I decided to go back to Windows XP so I put in the Dell reinstallation cd that came with my computer. I reformated the whole hard drive to NTFS. But during the installation i noticed that it never asked for my product key which it's supposed to. After the installation finished, the computer restarted while XP was loading it asked to change my screen resolution so I clicked OK. But nothing changed. Then when it finished booting i noticed the screen resolution couldnt be changed in control panel and pretty much no drivers were working at all. It couldnt even see my internet connection. There was no sound out of the speakers or anything. It never gave me the setup options like it did the first time i ever used the computer. I tried the installation again with no luck. I'm writing this from my mac right now. Could someone please tell what's going on? Is it supposed to be like that or what? | Steelers82kk (10143) | ||
| 490031 | 2006-10-08 06:54:00 | Thats what usually happens when u format XP. You'll have to find out what brand/model the mobo is, then find the sound/video/network drivers for it on whatever site, and reinstall them, to get the sound/LAN/video working properly. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 490032 | 2006-10-08 07:02:00 | speedys right because when you installed ubuntu you proberly dealt (deleted) the partition that the drivers are kept for the dell. Go to the dell site see if the drivers for your model are there. The cd key is embeded in the dell restore disk you may still have to activate the os though |
beama (111) | ||
| 490033 | 2006-10-08 07:02:00 | But how am i supposed to download the drivers if it's not even recognizing my internet connection? | Steelers82kk (10143) | ||
| 490034 | 2006-10-08 07:08:00 | Also how do i find out what model the mobo is? | Steelers82kk (10143) | ||
| 490035 | 2006-10-08 07:13:00 | use the pc/mac you are on now to download the drivers and transfer them to the dell look at the manuals that came with your pc wants the model number of the dell |
beama (111) | ||
| 490036 | 2006-10-08 07:13:00 | Hmm good question. The only way you'll be able to do is if u network it to whatever you're on now, somehow. Thats if this other PC has a network card on it. BUT, you'll have to install the LAN drivers for it first somehow. Or go to the Dell site find the model of the system you've got, download the drivers u need. And use something like a USB flash disk, and copy the files to it , then put them on the other PC. And then install them. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 490037 | 2006-10-08 07:18:00 | Well, what driver would I need to get my internet connection to work? Edit: Also I forgot to mention, before i installed XP for the second time, I installed Ubuntu again and everything was working on that... |
Steelers82kk (10143) | ||
| 490038 | 2006-10-08 07:28:00 | I'm a bit surprised a clean install didn't automatically sort out your network connection. Wiser heads than I will have to help with that one. One thing though - you realise you can very easily duel boot linux and windows? Obviously the constraint is hd space. This gives an alternative if anything screws up on winxp (or the other way around :) ), can d/l drivers as needed. Never used Ubuntu, but presumably it's like other distros, linux plays nice with windows if not the other way around. Make a partition, install ubuntu again, it'll set up LILO or similar to give a startup choice at boot. Mine default starts to windows (I'll be excommunicated from the Linux community for that), so I can turn PC & leave the room or whatever, only need to wait & select when going into linux, no bother at all. |
mmmork (6822) | ||
| 490039 | 2006-10-08 07:31:00 | Yes, i know about dual booting but I wanted Ubuntu totally off the hard drive then I later was going to have my computer dual boot between Windows XP and Linux Mandriva. If i install Ubuntu again on another partition how could I install the drivers I download on the partition windows is installed on? |
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