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Restoring Your Operating System
Operating System
Reinstallation
Before You Begin
If you are considering reinstalling the Microsoft
®
Windows
®
operating system to correct a
problem with a newly installed driver, first
try using Windows Device Driver Rollback. If
Device Driver Rollback does not resolve the
problem, then use System Restore to return your
operating system to the operating state it was in
before you installed the new device driver. See
“System Restore” on page 48.
CAUTION: Before performing the
installation, back up all data files on your
hard drive. For conventional hard drive
configurations, the hard drive is the first
drive detected by the computer.
Use Operating System Reinstallation disc only
as the last method to restore your operating
system.
To reinstall Windows, you need the following
items:
Operating System
• disc
Dell•
Drivers and Utilities
disc
NOTE: The Dell
Drivers and Utilities
disc
contains drivers that were installed during
the assembly of the computer. Use the
Dell
Drivers and Utilities
disc to load any
required drivers. Depending on the region
from which you ordered your computer,
or whether you requested the disc, the
Dell
Drivers and Utilities
disc and
Operating
System
disc may not ship with your
computer.