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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 44.
CAUTION: Before performing the
installation, back up all data files on your
primary hard drive. For conventional hard
drive configurations, the primary hard
drive is the first drive detected by the
computer.
To reinstall Windows, you need the following
items:
Dell•
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.