Dell Studio XPS 13 Setup Guide - Page 42

Operating System Reinstallation, Finish, Before you Begin, NOTICE - driver

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System Restore Options The restore process begins and may take five or more minutes to complete. A message appears when the operating system and factory-installed applications have been restored to factory settings. 9. Click Finish to reboot the computer. 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. 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 37. NOTICE: Before installing the operating system, 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 media • Dell Drivers and Utilities media NOTE: The Dell Drivers and Utilities media contains drivers that were installed during the assembly of the computer. Use the Dell Drivers and Utilities media to load any required drivers. Depending on the region from which you ordered your computer, or whether you requested the media, the Dell Drivers and Utilities media and Operating System media may not ship with your computer. 40

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System Restore Options
The restore process begins and may take
five or more minutes to complete. A message
appears when the operating system and
factory-installed applications have been
restored to factory settings.
Click
9.
Finish
to reboot the computer.
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. 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 37.
NOTICE:
Before installing the operating
system, 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
media
Dell
Drivers and Utilities
media
NOTE:
The
Dell
Drivers and Utilities
media
contains drivers that were installed during
the assembly of the computer. Use the
Dell
Drivers and Utilities
media to load any
required drivers. Depending on the region
from which you ordered your computer, or
whether you requested the media, the
Dell
Drivers and Utilities
media and
Operating
System
media
may not ship with your
computer.