If you get the following error message:. Change the last false to true. This time select Single-File download and it should now work. Once done press back several times to return here:. Ensure it looks the same as before number of categories and number of drivers under each category , if not change the OS to BIOS and back to Windows 7 64 bit. For me drivers were disappearing earlier. See Step 5c for more details about the recommended driver install order. I recommend saving each driver in an appropriately labeled folder and adding a numeric prefix to the folder.
This will ensure that you install the drivers in the recommended order. Dell Drivers and Downloads Page is currently under maintenance so post here if you experience some issues downloading the drivers. The Drivers may also be found on the Dell ftp website.
This has been reorganised recently so drivers are listed by model. The user should download only the correct drivers for their system. Downloading from the ftp website is faster but designed for advanced users. Other users should follow 5a and skip 5b however if a download link is broken in 5a the ftp website is the best place to look. There are a couple of unofficial driver sets listed for selected laptops and desktops provided by me. These are likely to work but theres no g uarantee.
When downloading drivers for a clean install I recommend using the same folder structure as me to prevent confusion and to ensure that you install all the drivers in the correct order. S ee here for more information about Dell Desktop Software. If you have a Creative Soundblaster you may be able to get a later driver from the Creative Website. Bluetooth If applicable - Under Network. These are the main drivers, there will of course be some other variants such as mobile broadband cards, TV tuners and other drivers depending on your systems configuration.
There may also be security drivers for Latitude and Optiplex series. The check for any missing drivers is via the Device Manager Step 12 and you should post on the Microsoft OS forum if you run into problems there. These can be updated if you wish but I would recommend leaving these well alone. Sometimes if these updates go wrong, things seriously break. If you have no problems with any of these devices then leave them be.
You may look through Applications to see if you find anything else useful. The BIOs can also be updated if there is a later version but be extremely careful with a BIOs update - A failed one will brick the system but this is very rare I tend to update my BIOs when an update is available but many of the others will recommend to stay clear of BIOs updates.
Step 6 is for advanced users, most regular users should skip it. Not all systems have card readers. Remove any USB devices in particular external hard drives! DBAN will then load. The easiest way to use DBAN is by typing autonuke and then pressing enter. You should get these two screens. DBAN will then begin to securely format your hard drive. Note DBAN can take a very long time to securely format a large capacity hard drive. When completed you should get a screen like this.
Hopefully it will say DBAN succeeded although sometimes it mentions an error. Most of the times that it has mentioned an error to me it has actually fully formatted the drive and ran for the same length of time as it should i. Note using DBAN may sometimes cause some issues with product activation using upgrade product keys as the original version of Windows is not there. To get around this reinstall the old operating system, activate it and then proceed with the clean install of Windows XP.
Insert bootable USB flash stick. Power down your computer. This screen will quickly display. The next screen is important. Here you may create a partition, or delete any existing partitions.
The way you do this is optional. I am just going to select the largest partition and select Enter. It will then begin to format. Once it is formatted Windows will begin to copy files to the partition.
The computer will restart after all the files are copied. You will be presented with this screen. This should be selected and automatically continue in 10 seconds if you don't press anything. There will be a small command window to the bottom keeping the USB active don't close it - it tells you not to. You will be asked to input your Regional and Language options American is usually default.
Select customise and change to your own preferences I have selected U. Click OK and then select details to ensure the keyboard is also set to as your desired. Select OK and finally change the top from US to your personal preference or the American Keyboard layout will still selected. Select OK. In the next screen enter your name and organisation.
You will then be asked for network settings, choose typical unless you want to configure everything yourself. Choose a Workgroup, just make one up of your own and put all your home computers on it or choose a Domain if you have a large organisation. Don't worry if it looks bad, likely the Video drivers aren't installed yet. The setup is almost finished. Here the Welcome to Windows XP Theme starts playing unfortunately most people don't hear it as the sound drivers aren't installed at this point Click next.
You will be asked for network settings, most people won't have their network drivers isntalled so i recommend just selecting skip. Note for non-Dell Media you will likely have to input a product key. For Dell media this and activation should be sorted out automatically in the BIOs.
The steps described on this page assume you have Windows installation media and access to a Windows technician PC. If you're looking for an easy, automated way to create a bootable USB Windows installation drive, see:. If Mark Partition as Active isn't available, you can instead use diskpart to select the partition and mark it active.
Optional: add an unattend file to automate the installation process. For more information, see Automate Windows Setup. If your image is larger than the filesize limit:. Windows Setup Technical Reference. Skip to main content. Hotkey instructions are generally provided on the screen. Assuming that it is supported as is the case with virtually all modern hardware , promote your USB drive to the primary boot device. Please notice that you can seriously screw up your system by providing incorrect BIOS settings!
Depending on the speed of your USB drive, this may take a while. Is the USB device listed and does it have top priority? Have you correctly prepared the USB drive in step one? Restart the procedure. Does your USB drive properly support being booted from? Try another one! Step 4: Prepping the Hard Disk. You need to make sure that your hard drive is partitioned and formatted properly. Especially if you've had Linux or some other operating system on it, you'll need to repartition and format it.
The rescue drive contain file manager and command line utility. You can launch DiskPart for disk partitioning and formatting from the command utility. If you are sure that your hard drive is set up properly i. If your hard drive is partitioned in GPT mode, you also need repartition and format the disc.
Enter the commands needed to repartition and format your drive. For example, try the following:.
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