Reinstall system software?

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Hello--

I was having problems with my computer--too many software glitches, and I
decided to reformat my hard drive and attempt to install Win Me again. I
had already made an "Emergency Boot" floppy for this. I followed all the
prompts (or so I thought) and when I got to A:, after the drive was
reformatted, I had trouble, and could not figure out how to go from there.

I have a Dell Inspiron 3700, which has the *modular* bay--which means that
there is only one removable drive installed at any one time--either just the
floppy drive, or the CD/DVD-ROM drive, or another battery. So, I *DO NOT*
have the floppy and the CD-ROM drive in at the same time, at any time.

What do I do from here in order to reinstall the system software? Will I
have to revert back to Win 98, because that's what my computer originally
came with, or can I go directly to Win ME? All I have is an A: when I have
the floppy drive, with the emergency boot disk, in there.

Thanks in advance--you can answer me either here on the newsgroup or by
e-mail--my other computer (a flat panel iMac) is working just fine!

Jean in VA

 

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you should be able to boot directly from the cd...
http://tinyurl.com/3n3cx
or
http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/kb/en/document?dn=1035144&c=us&l=en&s=bsd&cs=04#6

"Jean Barto" <jsbarto1@cox.net> wrote in message
news:BE073933.9F8C%jsbarto1@cox.net...
> Hello--
>
> I was having problems with my computer--too many software glitches, and I
> decided to reformat my hard drive and attempt to install Win Me again. I
> had already made an "Emergency Boot" floppy for this. I followed all the
> prompts (or so I thought) and when I got to A:, after the drive was
> reformatted, I had trouble, and could not figure out how to go from there.
>
> I have a Dell Inspiron 3700, which has the *modular* bay--which means that
> there is only one removable drive installed at any one time--either just
> the
> floppy drive, or the CD/DVD-ROM drive, or another battery. So, I *DO NOT*
> have the floppy and the CD-ROM drive in at the same time, at any time.
>
> What do I do from here in order to reinstall the system software? Will I
> have to revert back to Win 98, because that's what my computer originally
> came with, or can I go directly to Win ME? All I have is an A: when I
> have
> the floppy drive, with the emergency boot disk, in there.
>
> Thanks in advance--you can answer me either here on the newsgroup or by
> e-mail--my other computer (a flat panel iMac) is working just fine!
>
> Jean in VA
>

 

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Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell (More info?)

On 1/9/05 8:31 PM, in article NVkEd.7246$eb.226@trndny01, "Christopher Muto"
<muto@worldnet.att.net> wrote:

> you should be able to boot directly from the cd...
> http://tinyurl.com/3n3cx
> or
> http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/kb/en/document?dn=1
> 035144&c=us&l=en&s=bsd&cs=04#6
>
> "Jean Barto" <jsbarto1@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:BE073933.9F8C%jsbarto1@cox.net...
>> Hello--
>>
>> I was having problems with my computer--too many software glitches, and I
>> decided to reformat my hard drive and attempt to install Win Me again. I
>> had already made an "Emergency Boot" floppy for this. I followed all the
>> prompts (or so I thought) and when I got to A:, after the drive was
>> reformatted, I had trouble, and could not figure out how to go from there.
>>
>> I have a Dell Inspiron 3700, which has the *modular* bay--which means that
>> there is only one removable drive installed at any one time--either just
>> the
>> floppy drive, or the CD/DVD-ROM drive, or another battery. So, I *DO NOT*
>> have the floppy and the CD-ROM drive in at the same time, at any time.
>>
>> What do I do from here in order to reinstall the system software? Will I
>> have to revert back to Win 98, because that's what my computer originally
>> came with, or can I go directly to Win ME? All I have is an A: when I
>> have
>> the floppy drive, with the emergency boot disk, in there.
>>
>> Thanks in advance--you can answer me either here on the newsgroup or by
>> e-mail--my other computer (a flat panel iMac) is working just fine!
>>
>> Jean in VA
>>
>
>
Thanks, I'll try it and hopefully this will work!

Jean in VA