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7 Using PC Cards
PC Card Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
PC Card Blanks
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Extended PC Cards
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Removing a PC Card or Blank
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Installing a PC Card
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
8 Setting Up a Home and Office Network
Connecting to a Network Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Network Setup Wizard
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Connecting to a Wireless Local Area Network
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Determining Your Network Type
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Connecting to a Wireless Network in Microsoft
®
Windows
®
XP. . . . . 45
9 Solving Problems
Dell Diagnostics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
When to Use the Dell Diagnostics
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Starting the Dell Diagnostics
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Drivers
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
What Is a Driver?
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Identifying Drivers
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Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Resolving Software and Hardware Incompatibilities
. . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Restoring Your Operating System
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Using Microsoft
Windows XP System Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Using Dell PC Restore by Symantec
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Drive Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
CD and DVD drive problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
If you cannot eject the CD, CD-RW, DVD, or DVD+RW drive tray
. . . . . 55
If you hear an unfamiliar scraping or grinding sound
. . . . . . . . . . 56
Hard drive problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56