Reinstalling Software; Reinstalling Drivers And Utilities - Dell Latitude C840 User Manual

Reinstalling Software

Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities
Using the Microsoft® Windows® XP Device Driver Rollback
Using System Restore

Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities

Dell ships your computer to you with required drivers and utilities already installed—no further installation or configuration is needed.
NOTICE: The Drivers and Utilities CD may contain drivers for operating systems that are not on your computer. Ensure that you are installing software
appropriate for your operating system.
To reinstall drivers for optional devices such as wireless communications, DVD drives, and ZIP drives, you may need the CD and documentation that came with
those devices.
To reinstall a driver or utility from your Drivers and Utilities CD:
NOTICE: The Dell Support website, support.dell.com, and the Drivers and Utilities CD provide approved drivers for Dell™ computers. If you install drivers
from other sources, your computer might not work correctly.
1. Save and close any open files, and exit any open programs.
2. Insert the Drivers and Utilities CD.
In most cases, the CD starts running automatically. If it does not, start Microsoft® Windows® Explorer, click your CD drive directory to display the CD
contents, and then double-click the autocd.exe file. The first time that you run the CD, it might prompt you to install setup files. Click OK, and follow the
instructions on the screen to continue.
3. From the Language pull-down menu in the toolbar, select your preferred language for the driver or utility (if available).
A welcome screen appears.
4. Click Next.
The CD automatically scans your hardware to detect drivers and utilities used by your computer.
NOTE: After the CD completes the hardware scan, you can also detect other drivers and utilities. Under Search Criteria, select the appropriate
categories from the System Model, Operating System, and Topic pull-down menus.
A link or links appear(s) for the specific drivers and utilities used by your computer.
5. Click the link of a specific driver or utility to display information about the driver or utility that you want to install.
6. Click the Install button (if present) to begin installing the driver or utility. At the welcome screen, follow the screen prompts to complete the installation.
If no Install button is present, automatic installation is not an option. For installation instructions, either see the appropriate instructions in the following
subsections, or click the Extract button, follow the extracting instructions, and read the readme file (or continue on to "Manually Reinstalling Drivers").
If instructed to navigate to the driver files, click the CD directory on the driver information window to display the files associated with that driver.
Manually Reinstalling Drivers for Windows 2000
NOTE: If you are reinstalling an infrared driver, you must first
installation.
1. After extracting the driver files to your hard drive as
2. Double-click the System icon.
3. Click the Hardware tab.
4. Click Device Manager.
5. Double-click the type of device for which you are installing the driver (for example, Modems or Infrared devices).
6. Double-click the name of the device.
7. Click the Driver tab and click Update Driver.
8. Click Next.
enable the infrared sensor
described previously, click the Start button, point to Settings, and click Control Panel.
in the system setup program before continuing with the driver