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  XP re-install on Dell Inspiration richgr@panix.com (Rich Greenberg) - 2011-07-04 14:42 -0400
    Re: XP re-install on Dell Inspiration BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-07-04 14:56 -0500
      Re: XP re-install on Dell Inspiration Bob Villa <pheeh.zero@gmail.com> - 2011-07-04 16:54 -0700
        Re: XP re-install on Dell Inspiration richgr@panix.com (Rich Greenberg) - 2011-07-05 17:37 +0000

#378 — XP re-install on Dell Inspiration

Please read to the end.  Complex problem, I tried to be concise.

My wife gave my [step] daughter a new Dell laptop.

The daughter gave my wife her older Dell Inspiration 600m in return
enabling my wife to scrap an older laptop that was failing.  The
Inspiration had a MS sticker on the bottom for XP home with a serial
number.  The laptop had XP Pro installed by daughters university IT.
Using Keyfinder, I got the s/n from the XP Pro install.  Both wireless
and the ethernet port work with this XP Pro.

Because there is a LOT of university cruft installed, it runs very slow
and I can't get it to access my network printer.  I swapped hard drives
and installed XP Pro from a CD with sp3 integrated.  The first glitch
was that it wouldn't accept the s/n from the XP install, so I used the
s/n that had come with the install disk when I bought it.  Install
completed.  Second glitch was that it couldn't find the wireless,
ethernet, or modem ports.

I am guessing that I need some Dell specific install material.  What am
I looking for?  On Ebay, I find Item number: 320535502099, "Dell
Inspiron Drivers Recovery Restore Disk for XP/2000
=== ALL MODELS ===".  Is that what I need, or if not what?

-- 
Rich Greenberg  Sarasota, FL, USA richgr atsign panix.com  + 1 941 378 2097
Eastern time.  N6LRT  I speak for myself & my dogs only.    VM'er since CP-67
Canines: Val, Red, Shasta, Zero & Casey (At the bridge)        Owner:Chinook-L
Canines: Red & Cinnar (Siberians)  Retired at the beach  Asst Owner:Sibernet-L

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#379

Rich Greenberg wrote:
> Please read to the end.  Complex problem, I tried to be concise.
> 
> My wife gave my [step] daughter a new Dell laptop.
> 
> The daughter gave my wife her older Dell Inspiration 600m in return
> enabling my wife to scrap an older laptop that was failing.  The
> Inspiration had a MS sticker on the bottom for XP home with a serial
> number.  The laptop had XP Pro installed by daughters university IT.
> Using Keyfinder, I got the s/n from the XP Pro install.  Both wireless
> and the ethernet port work with this XP Pro.
> 
> Because there is a LOT of university cruft installed, it runs very slow
> and I can't get it to access my network printer.  I swapped hard drives
> and installed XP Pro from a CD with sp3 integrated.  The first glitch
> was that it wouldn't accept the s/n from the XP install, so I used the
> s/n that had come with the install disk when I bought it.  Install
> completed.  Second glitch was that it couldn't find the wireless,
> ethernet, or modem ports.
> 
> I am guessing that I need some Dell specific install material.  What am
> I looking for?  On Ebay, I find Item number: 320535502099, "Dell
> Inspiron Drivers Recovery Restore Disk for XP/2000
> === ALL MODELS ===".  Is that what I need, or if not what?

Sure that would work, but you can get the correct drivers directly from 
Dell's website for free (and no waiting either). ;-)

-- 
Bill
Asus EEE PC 702G4 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
Ubuntu 9.10 Netbook Remix Linux

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#380

On Jul 4, 2:56 pm, BillW50 <Bill...@aol.kom> wrote:
> Rich Greenberg wrote:
> > Please read to the end.  Complex problem, I tried to be concise.
>
> > My wife gave my [step] daughter a new Dell laptop.
>
> > The daughter gave my wife her older Dell Inspiration 600m in return
> > enabling my wife to scrap an older laptop that was failing.  The
> > Inspiration had a MS sticker on the bottom for XP home with a serial
> > number.  The laptop had XP Pro installed by daughters university IT.
> > Using Keyfinder, I got the s/n from the XP Pro install.  Both wireless
> > and the ethernet port work with this XP Pro.
>
> > Because there is a LOT of university cruft installed, it runs very slow
> > and I can't get it to access my network printer.  I swapped hard drives
> > and installed XP Pro from a CD with sp3 integrated.  The first glitch
> > was that it wouldn't accept the s/n from the XP install, so I used the
> > s/n that had come with the install disk when I bought it.  Install
> > completed.  Second glitch was that it couldn't find the wireless,
> > ethernet, or modem ports.
>
> > I am guessing that I need some Dell specific install material.  What am
> > I looking for?  On Ebay, I find Item number: 320535502099, "Dell
> > Inspiron Drivers Recovery Restore Disk for XP/2000
> > === ALL MODELS ===".  Is that what I need, or if not what?
>
> Sure that would work, but you can get the correct drivers directly from
> Dell's website for free (and no waiting either). ;-)
>
> --
> Bill
> Asus EEE PC 702G4 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
> Ubuntu 9.10 Netbook Remix Linux

Inspiron 600m Drivers/Downloads
http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd&ServiceTag=&SystemID=INS_PNT_PM_600M&os=WW1&osl=en&catid=&impid=

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#382

In article <fbb55a99-04a8-4cfa-ac1c-d892541214ff@j15g2000yqf.googlegroups.com>,
Bob Villa  <pheeh.zero@gmail.com> wrote:

>Inspiron 600m Drivers/Downloads
>http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd&ServiceTag=&SystemID=INS_PNT_PM_600M&os=WW1&osl=en&catid=&impid=

Thanks Bob.  I ordered the CD already (Its got more on it than the
drivers) but I will check this link shortly.

-- 
Rich Greenberg  Sarasota, FL, USA richgr atsign panix.com  + 1 941 378 2097
Eastern time.  N6LRT  I speak for myself & my dogs only.    VM'er since CP-67
Canines: Val, Red, Shasta, Zero & Casey (At the bridge)        Owner:Chinook-L
Canines: Red & Cinnar (Siberians)  Retired at the beach  Asst Owner:Sibernet-L

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