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Reinstalling Software 5 Click the Driver tab→ Update Driver→ Browse my computer for driver software. 6 Click Browse and browse to the location to which you previously copied the driver files. 7 When the name of the appropriate driver appears, click the name of the driver→ OK→ Next. 8 Click Finish and restart your computer. Restoring Your Operating System You can restore your operating system in the following ways: • Microsoft Windows System Restore returns your computer to an earlier operating state without affecting data files. Use System Restore as the first solution for restoring your operating system and preserving data files. • Dell Factory Image Restore (available in Windows Vista) returns your hard drive to the operating state it was in when you purchased the computer. The program 54 permanently deletes all data on the hard drive and removes any programs installed after you received the computer. Use Dell Factory Image Restore only if System Restore did not resolve your operating system problem. • If you received the Operating System media with your computer, you can use it to restore your operating system. However, using the Operating System media also deletes all data on the hard drive. Use the media only if System Restore did not resolve your operating system problem. Using Microsoft® Windows® System Restore The Windows operating systems provide a System Restore option that allows you to return your computer to an earlier operating state (without affecting data files) if changes to the hardware, software, or other system settings have left the

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Reinstalling Software
54
5
Click the
Driver
tab
→
Update Driver
→
Browse my computer for driver software
.
6
Click
Browse
and browse to the location to
which you previously copied the driver files.
7
When the name of the appropriate driver
appears, click the name of the driver
→
OK
→
Next
.
8
Click
Finish
and restart your computer.
Restoring Your Operating System
You can restore your operating system in the
following ways:
•
Microsoft Windows System Restore returns
your computer to an earlier operating state
without affecting data files. Use System
Restore as the first solution for restoring
your operating system and preserving data
files.
•
Dell Factory Image Restore (available in
Windows Vista) returns your hard drive to
the operating state it was in when you
purchased the computer. The program
permanently deletes all data on the hard
drive and removes any programs installed
after you received the computer. Use Dell
Factory Image Restore only if System
Restore did not resolve your operating
system problem.
•
If you received the
Operating System
media
with your computer, you can use it to restore
your operating system. However, using the
Operating System
media also deletes all data
on the hard drive. Use the media
only
if
System Restore did not resolve your
operating system problem.
Using Microsoft
®
Windows
®
System
Restore
The Windows operating systems provide a System
Restore option that allows you to return your
computer to an earlier operating state (without
affecting data files) if changes to the hardware,
software, or other system settings have left the