Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell (
More info?)
I tried looking for that earlier this week and couldn't find it in their
knowledge base. Or at least not exactly what I was looking for.
I had to reformat my 8300 back in March and after talking to two Dell techs,
I figured out what to do to make it work. What I was looking for and wish I
could duplicate was the order and sequence that I did everything from start
to finish. Once you have the hard drive reformatted and the OS installed,
it really is a piece of cake from there on. But getting to that point where
the drive is formatted and then ready to install the Windows XP was a chore.
What got me was the fact that I have a Zip Drive installed in the case as my
normal D: drive and for some reason when the program reformatted, it made
the Zip Drive C: and the actual hard drive D:, which wasn't apparently until
I had driven this Indian tech nuts trying to figure out why the drivers
wouldn't load onto the C: drive. That is when we realized what had happened
and I had to redo the whole process, but first had to go into the BIOS and
disable the booting sequence so the hard drive would become the C: drive and
the Zip would become the D: drive.
"joe_tide" <joetide@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:10d8a214u215k91@corp.supernews.com...
> All the drivers can be found on the Drivers CD that came with the system.
It
> is recommended that they be installed in this order:
>
> Chipset Drivers
> Video Card
> Sound Card
> Modem
> Network Card
> Keyboard & Mouse (if applicable)
> Applications
>
> The CD will take a look at your system, but it's best to know what you
have.
> A copy of the invoice would do that.
> If you search Dell's Knowlege Base you can get detailed instructions, if
> needed.