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Installing Drivers and Utilities for, Windows NT
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Installing Drivers and Utilities for Windows NT This section explains how to install/reinstall device drivers and utilities on your Dell portable computer running the Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 operating system. NOTICE: You must install the Windows NT service pack before installing device drivers. To install the system software, you need the following items: • Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 CD • Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 5 CD • System Software CD • CD-ROM drive (installed) • One formatted diskette The following subsections describe the drivers and utilities that are provided on the System Software CD. NOTE: To install the drivers and utilities correctly, you must install them in the order presented in this document. Creating the Save-to-Disk Suspend Partition If you have installed a new hard-disk drive or are rebuilding a hard-disk drive that had corrupted software, you must create a save-to-disk suspend partition before creating any other partitions (but after deleting any existing partitions). To create a save-to-disk suspend partition, perform the following steps: 1. Insert the Dell Diagnostics and Utilities for Inspiron 7500 diskette number 1 into the diskette drive and turn on the computer. 2. When the message Insert Delldiag diskette 2 of 4 in drive A:... appears, type C to exit to MS-DOS. Leave the Dell Diagnostics and Utilities for Inspiron 7500 diskette number 1 in the diskette drive. 3. At the A:> prompt, type phdisk /create /partition and press . NOTE: Make sure you insert a space before the slashes. The utility calculates the size of the file in kilobytes (KB), based on the amount of system memory and video memory in your computer, and adds 2 megabytes (MB) to handle additional system requirements and creates a partition on the hard-disk drive to store the system state when put in the save-to-disk suspend mode. 4. Follow the instructions provided in your Windows NT documentation to install the operating system on the drive. 4-8 Dell Inspiron 7500 System Reference and Troubleshooting Guide