Manually Reinstalling Drivers For Windows Xp - Dell Inspiron 4150 User Manual

Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities: Dell Inspiron 4150
A welcome screen appears.
4. Click Next. The CD automatically scans your hardware to detect drivers and utilities used by
your computer.
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 drop-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 Extract,
follow the extracting instructions, and read the readme file.
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 XP

HINT: If you are reinstalling an infrared sensor driver, you must first enable the infrared sensor
in the system setup program (see
the driver installation.
1. After extracting the driver files to your hard drive as described in the previous section, click the
Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
2. Click the Start button and right-click My Computer.
3. Click Properties.
4. Click the Hardware tab and 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 for which you are installing the driver.
7. Click the Driver tab and then click Update Driver.
8. Select Install from a list or specific location (Advanced), and then click Next.
9. Click Browse, and browse to the location to which you previously extracted the driver files.
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