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3
Click
System
.
4
Click the
System Restore
tab.
5
Ensure that
Turn off System Restore
is unchecked.
Reinstalling Microsoft
®
Windows
®
XP
Before You Begin
NOTE: The procedures in this document were written for the Windows default view in Windows XP
Home Edition, so the steps will differ if you set your Dell™ computer to the Windows Classic view or are
using Windows XP Professional.
If you are considering reinstalling the Windows XP operating system to correct a problem with a
newly installed driver, first try using Windows XP Device Driver Rollback.
1
Click the
Start
button and click
Control Pane
l.
2
Under
Pick a Category
, click
Performance and Maintenance
.
3
Click
System
.
4
In the
System Properties
window, click the
Hardware
tab.
5
Click
Device Manager
.
6
Right-click the device for which the new driver was installed and click
Properties
.
7
Click the
Drivers
tab.
8
Click
Roll Back Driver
.
If Device Driver Rollback does not resolve the problem, then use System Restore (see "Using
Microsoft
®
Windows
®
XP System Restore" on page 36) to return your operating system to the
operating state it was in before you installed the new device driver.
NOTE: The Drivers and Utilities CD contains drivers that were installed during assembly of the computer.
Use the Drivers and Utilities CD to load any required drivers, including the drivers required if your
computer has a RAID controller.
Reinstalling Windows XP
NOTICE: You must use Windows XP Service Pack 1 or later when you reinstall Windows XP.
NOTICE: 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 XP, you need the following items:
• Dell™
Operating System
CD
•Dell
Drivers and Utilities
CD
To reinstall Windows XP, perform all the steps in the following sections in the order in which
they are listed.