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5 At the Welcome Dell System Owner screen, click Next. NOTE: The Drivers and Utilities media displays drivers only for hardware that came installed in your computer. If you installed additional hardware, the drivers for the new hardware might not be displayed by the Drivers and Utilities media. If those drivers are not displayed, exit the Drivers and Utilities media program. For drivers information, see the documentation that came with the device. A message appears, stating that the Drivers and Utilities media is detecting hardware in your computer. The drivers that are used by your computer are automatically displayed in the My Drivers-The Drivers and Utilities media has identified these components in your system window. 6 Click the driver that you want to reinstall and follow the instructions on the screen. If a particular driver is not listed, that driver is not required by your operating system. Manually Reinstalling Drivers NOTE: You must be logged in with Administrator privileges to perform this procedure. After extracting the driver files to your hard drive as described in the previous section: Windows XP: 1 Click Start, and then right-click My Computer→ Properties. 2 Click the Hardware tab, then click Device Manager. 3 Double-click the type of device for which you are installing the driver. 4 Double-click the name of the device for which you are installing the driver. 5 Click the Driver tab, then click Update Driver. 6 Click Install from a list or specific location (Advanced), then click Next. 7 Click Browse and browse to the location to which you previously extracted the driver files. 8 When the name of the appropriate driver appears, click Next. 9 Click Finish, and then restart your computer. 90 Troubleshooting Tools

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Troubleshooting Tools
5
At the
Welcome Dell System Owner
screen, click
Next
.
NOTE:
The
Drivers and Utilities
media displays drivers only for hardware that
came installed in your computer. If you installed additional hardware, the
drivers for the new hardware might not be displayed by the
Drivers and
Utilities
media. If those drivers are not displayed, exit the
Drivers and Utilities
media program. For drivers information, see the documentation that came
with the device.
A message appears, stating that the
Drivers and Utilities
media is detecting
hardware in your computer.
The drivers that are used by your computer are automatically displayed in
the
My Drivers—The
Drivers and Utilities
media has identified these
components in your system
window.
6
Click the driver that you want to reinstall and follow the instructions on
the screen.
If a particular driver is not listed, that driver is not required by your
operating system.
Manually Reinstalling Drivers
NOTE:
You must be logged in with Administrator privileges to perform this procedure.
After extracting the driver files to your hard drive as described in the previous
section:
Windows XP:
1
Click
Start
, and then right-click
My Computer
→
Properties
.
2
Click the
Hardware
tab, then click
Device Manager
.
3
Double-click the type of device for which you are installing the driver.
4
Double-click the name of the device for which you are installing the driver.
5
Click the
Driver
tab, then click
Update Driver
.
6
Click
Install
from a list or specific location (Advanced)
, then click
Next
.
7
Click
Browse
and browse to the location to which you previously extracted
the driver files.
8
When the name of the appropriate driver appears, click
Next
.
9
Click
Finish
, and then restart your computer.