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10 Troubleshooting Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Diagnostic Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Diagnostic Light Codes Before POST
. . . . . . . 105
Diagnostic Light Codes During POST
. . . . . . . 108
Power Lights
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Beep Codes
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Dell Diagnostics
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
When to Use the Dell Diagnostics
. . . . . . . . . 123
Starting the Dell Diagnostics From Your Hard Drive
124
Starting the Dell Diagnostics From the Drivers and Utilities Media
124
Dell Diagnostics Main Menu
. . . . . . . . . . . . 125
11 Reinstalling Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
What Is a Driver?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Identifying Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities
. . . . . . . . . . 130
Troubleshooting Software and Hardware Problems in the Microsoft
®
Windows
®
XP and Microsoft Windows Vista™ Operating Systems
131
Restoring Your Operating System
. . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Using Microsoft
Windows
System Restore . . . . 132
Using Dell™ PC Restore and Dell Factory Image Restore
134
Using the Operating System Disc
. . . . . . . . . 137