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Operating System Reinstallation, Before you Begin, Start, Computer, Properties, Device Manager - drivers

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Restoring Your Operating System Operating System Reinstallation Before you Begin If you are considering reinstalling the Windows operating system to correct a problem with a newly installed driver, first try using Windows Device Driver Rollback. 1. Click Start , and right-click Computer. 2. Click Properties → Device Manager. NOTE: The User Account Control window may appear. If you are an administrator on the computer, click Continue; otherwise, contact your administrator to enter the Device Manager. 3. Right-click the device for which the new driver was installed and click Properties. 4. 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 "Restoring Your Operating System" on page 39. NOTICE: 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. To reinstall Windows, you need the following items: • Dell Operating System disc • Dell Drivers and Utilities disc NOTE: The Dell Drivers and Utilities disc contains drivers that were installed during the assembly of your Studio XPS. Use the Dell Drivers and Utilities disc to load any required drivers. Depending on the region from which you ordered your computer, or whether you requested the disc, the Dell Drivers and Utilities disc and Dell Operating System disc may not ship with your Studio XPS. 42

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Restoring Your Operating System
Operating System Reinstallation
Before you Begin
If you are considering reinstalling the Windows
operating system to correct a problem with a
newly installed driver, first try using Windows
Device Driver Rollback.
Click
1.
Start
, and right-click
Computer
.
Click
2.
Properties
→
Device Manager
.
NOTE:
The
User Account Control
window
may appear. If you are an administrator on
the computer, click
Continue
; otherwise,
contact your administrator to enter the
Device Manager.
Right-click the device for which the new
3.
driver was installed and click
Properties
.
Click the
4.
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 “Restoring Your Operating System”
on page 39.
NOTICE:
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.
To reinstall Windows, you need the following
items:
Dell Operating System
•
disc
Dell Drivers and Utilities
•
disc
NOTE:
The
Dell Drivers and Utilities
disc
contains drivers that were installed during
the assembly of your Studio XPS. Use the
Dell Drivers and Utilities
disc to load any
required drivers. Depending on the region
from which you ordered your computer,
or whether you requested the disc, the
Dell Drivers and Utilities
disc and
Dell
Operating System
disc may not ship with
your Studio XPS.