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HINT:
In the system setup program, a device preceded by an exclamation point
(!) indicates that the device is disabled.
1. Turn off the computer.
2. Ensure that the computer is connected to an electrical outlet.
3. Turn on the computer with the Drivers and Utilities CD in the optical drive.
4. Press
to enter the system setup program as soon as the Dell logo screen
appears, and before the Microsoft® Windows® logo screen appears.
5. Press the right-arrow key to select the Boot tab at the top of the screen.
6. Press the down-arrow key to select the CD/DVD/CD-RW Drive, and then
press
to move the selected device to the top of the boot list.
7. Press
to save and exit the system setup program and restart the computer
to boot from the CD.
The computer starts and automatically begins to run the Dell Diagnostics.
When you start the diagnostics, the Dell logo screen appears, followed by a
message telling you that the diagnostics is loading. After the diagnostics loads,
the Diagnostics Menu appears.
8. When you have completed running the diagnostics, remove the Drivers and
Utilities CD.
9. When the computer restarts, press
appears, and before the Microsoft Windows logo screen appears.
10. Press the right-arrow key to select the Boot tab at the top of the screen.
11. Reset Boot First Device to Hard Drive.
12. Press
to save and exit the system setup program and restart Windows.
13. Remove the CD from the optical drive.
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as soon as the Dell logo screen