Dell Inspiron Zino HD 410 Setup Guide - Page 52

Operating System Reinstallation, Before You Begin

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Restoring Your Operating System Operating System Reinstallation Before You Begin If you are considering reinstalling the Microsoft® Windows® operating system to correct a problem with a newly installed driver, first try using Windows Device Driver Rollback. To roll back the device driver: Windows XP 1. Click Start. 2. Right-click My Computer. 3. Click Properties→ Hardware→ Device Manager. 4. Right-click the device for which the new driver was installed, and click Properties. 5. Click the Drivers tab→ Roll Back Driver. Windows Vista or Windows 7 1. Click Start . 2. Right-click Computer. 3. Click Properties→ Device Manager. 4. Right-click the device for which the new driver was installed, and click Properties. 5. Click the Drivers tab→ Roll Back Driver. If Device Driver Rollback does not resolve the problem, then use System Restore to return your operating system to the operating state it was in before you installed the new device driver. See "System Restore" on page 46. CAUTION: Before performing the installation, back up all data files on your primary hard drive. For conventional hard drive configurations, the primary hard drive is the first drive detected by the computer. 50

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Restoring Your Operating System
Operating System
Reinstallation
Before You Begin
If you are considering reinstalling the
Microsoft
®
Windows
®
operating system to
correct a problem with a newly installed driver,
first try using Windows Device Driver Rollback.
To roll back the device driver:
Windows XP
Click
1.
Start
.
Right‑click
2.
My
Computer
.
Click
3.
Properties
Hardware
Device
Manager
.
Right‑click the device for which the new
4.
driver was installed, and click
Properties
.
Click the
5.
Drivers
tab
Roll Back Drive
r.
Windows Vista or Windows 7
Click
1.
Start
.
Right‑click
2.
Computer
.
Click
3.
Properties
Device Manager
.
Right‑click the device for which the new
4.
driver was installed, and click
Properties
.
Click the
5.
Drivers
tab
Roll Back Drive
r.
If Device Driver Rollback does not resolve the
problem, then use System Restore to return your
operating system to the operating state it was
in before you installed the new device driver.
See “System Restore” on page 46.
CAUTION:
Before performing the
installation, back up all data files on your
primary hard drive. For conventional hard
drive configurations, the primary hard
drive is the first drive detected by the
computer
.