Installing Drivers And Utilities For Windows - Dell Inspiron 5000 Series Owner's Manual

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Drivers and Utilities for Microsoft® Windows® 2000: Dell™ Inspiron™
5000 Series
Overview
System Software CD
Installing Windows 2000
Installing the Audio Driver
Installing the Video Driver
Overview
This section explains how to install or reinstall Dell-provided device drivers and utilities on your Dell computer running the Microsoft Windows 2000 operating system.
You may need to use this information under the following conditions:
You are reinstalling the Windows operating system.
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You are reinstalling the Dell-provided drivers and utilities.
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You installed a new primary hard-disk drive and you must install all of the system software.
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Installing Drivers and Utilities for Windows

To install the system software, you need the following items:
System Software CD
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CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive installed in the media bay of the computer
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NOTE: The drivers on the System Software CD are the same drivers that Dell installed on your hard-disk drive before shipping the
computer to you. To download the latest versions of these drivers, visit the Dell support Web site at http://support.dell.com.
System Software CD
The following figure shows the directory structure of the System Software CD for Inspiron 5000 series computers. The CD is bootable. The R:\> prompt appears
when you exit to MS-DOS® from the Diagnostics menu.
Installing the Touch Pad Driver
Installing the Software DVD Decoder Driver (Optional)
Installing the Intel SpeedStep Utility (Optional)
Updating Drivers and Utilities