Dell D530 Laptop User Manual


 
Contents 9
13 System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Viewing the System Setup Screens
. . . . . . . . . . . 124
System Setup Screens
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Commonly Used Options
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Changing the Boot Sequence
. . . . . . . . . . . 124
Changing COM Ports
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Enabling the Infrared Sensor
. . . . . . . . . . . 126
14 Reinstalling Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
What Is a Driver?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Identifying Drivers
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities
. . . . . . . . . . 128
Troubleshooting Software and Hardware Problems in the Microsoft
®
Windows
®
XP and Microsoft Windows Vista™ Operating Systems
131
Restoring Your Operating System
. . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Using Microsoft
Windows
System Restore . . . . 132
Using Dell™ PC Restore and Dell Factory Image Restore
134
Using the Operating System Media
. . . . . . . . 137
15 Dell™ QuickSet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
16 Traveling With Your Computer
. . . . . . . 141
Identifying Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141