Checking out another Dell for a friend. I want a laptop and docking bay. If a Dell, it needs to be a Latitude, they’re the only machines they ship with the old fashioned docking bay interface. We don’t want to connect a screen using USB and we want the machine to be closed while using…
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Hitachi Travelstar disk,
I have some problems with my family Dells. Dan’s Dell Inspiron has a Hitachi Travelstar disk. Given that the computer won’t boot, it’s a bit tricky to recover the data. So here are my notes.
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Dell Dimension 5150c
This was originally entitled “Our New XP Box”. I changed the title when I copied the snip across to WordPress in July 2013. I marked the snip as deprecated in June 2019, added a picture to remind me. Here are my notes; the tags give a pretty good idea of what I needed to write…
Read moreDell Inspiron 9300 Laptop
Introduction This needed rebuilding. I need to re-install Windows XP. BIOS Use F12 to enter the BIOS and configure the order in which the BIOS looks for a bootable image and make sure that the DVD is before the HDD. Help google:dell inspiron 9300 windows how to reinstall
Read moreAudio on the Dell
Microphone I tried to use the microphone to make video’s on the Dell and the sound track is inaudible. Sound Recorder also creats inaudible tracks. I have tried to discover how to audit the sound drivers. There is a Dell Community thread. 17th January 2009 I have just attempted to use both a Creative &…
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URU : Ages of Myst
According to Wikipedia, published in 2003 and number four of the series. First installed on our Dell W98 machine and installed on the Dell XP machine in August 2008. This post talks about installation and stability and has a couple of walkthrough pointers.
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Dell Studio 15 Laptop
I bought a Dell Studio 15 from PC World in August. It runs Vista. This documents my adventures.
Read moreF1 Help and Support
On my Dell Dimension, there’s been a problem with “Help & Support”, it wouldn’t start on using the F1. Dell recommended a pcrestore, which since I had already done once, I didn’t want to repeat. I logged it in the Dell Community forum here… and joe53 referred me to Kelly’s Korner tweaks, line 235. This…
Read moreWindows boot menu on a Dell
Windows Safe Mode I am looking to boot my Dell Dimension 5150c into Safe Mode. See the Dell support page where they state that to get into the boot menu, you must use the F8 button,after the basic input/output system (BIOS) has finished loading, but before the windows XP splash screen is displayed. keywords: “windows…
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